A Worldwide Test of the Predictive Validity of Ideal Partner Preference Matching

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12622239/" target="_blank" >https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12622239/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000524" target="_blank" >10.1037/pspp0000524</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

A Worldwide Test of the Predictive Validity of Ideal Partner Preference Matching

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Ideal partner preferences (i.e., ratings of the desirability of attributes like attractiveness or intelligence) are the source of numerous foundational findings in the interdisciplinary literature on human mating. Recently, research on the predictive validity of ideal partner preference matching (i.e., Do people positively evaluate partners who match vs. mismatch their ideals?) has become mired in several problems. First, articles exhibit discrepant analytic and reporting practices. Second, different findings emerge across laboratories worldwide, perhaps because they sample different relationship contexts and/or populations. This registered report-partnered with the Psychological Science Accelerator-uses a highly powered design (N = 10,358) across 43 countries and 22 languages to estimate preference-matching effect sizes. The most rigorous tests revealed significant preference-matching effects in the whole sample and for partnered and single participants separately. The &quot;corrected pattern metric&quot; that collapses across 35 traits revealed a zero-order effect of beta = .19 and an effect of beta = .11 when included alongside a normative preference-matching metric. Specific traits in the &quot;level metric&quot; (interaction) tests revealed very small (average beta = .04) effects. Effect sizes were similar for partnered participants who reported ideals before entering a relationship, and there was no consistent evidence that individual differences moderated any effects. Comparisons between stated and revealed preferences shed light on gender differences and similarities: For attractiveness, men&apos;s and (especially) women&apos;s stated preferences underestimated revealed preferences (i.e., they thought attractiveness was less important than it actually was). For earning potential, men&apos;s stated preferences underestimated-and women&apos;s stated preferences overestimated-revealed preferences. Implications for the literature on human mating are discussed.

Název v anglickém jazyce

A Worldwide Test of the Predictive Validity of Ideal Partner Preference Matching

Popis výsledku anglicky

Ideal partner preferences (i.e., ratings of the desirability of attributes like attractiveness or intelligence) are the source of numerous foundational findings in the interdisciplinary literature on human mating. Recently, research on the predictive validity of ideal partner preference matching (i.e., Do people positively evaluate partners who match vs. mismatch their ideals?) has become mired in several problems. First, articles exhibit discrepant analytic and reporting practices. Second, different findings emerge across laboratories worldwide, perhaps because they sample different relationship contexts and/or populations. This registered report-partnered with the Psychological Science Accelerator-uses a highly powered design (N = 10,358) across 43 countries and 22 languages to estimate preference-matching effect sizes. The most rigorous tests revealed significant preference-matching effects in the whole sample and for partnered and single participants separately. The &quot;corrected pattern metric&quot; that collapses across 35 traits revealed a zero-order effect of beta = .19 and an effect of beta = .11 when included alongside a normative preference-matching metric. Specific traits in the &quot;level metric&quot; (interaction) tests revealed very small (average beta = .04) effects. Effect sizes were similar for partnered participants who reported ideals before entering a relationship, and there was no consistent evidence that individual differences moderated any effects. Comparisons between stated and revealed preferences shed light on gender differences and similarities: For attractiveness, men&apos;s and (especially) women&apos;s stated preferences underestimated revealed preferences (i.e., they thought attractiveness was less important than it actually was). For earning potential, men&apos;s stated preferences underestimated-and women&apos;s stated preferences overestimated-revealed preferences. Implications for the literature on human mating are discussed.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

ISSN

0022-3514

e-ISSN

1939-1315

Svazek periodika

128

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

123-146

Kód UT WoS článku

001369793800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85208261406