… mate preferences literature. First, research all-too-often relies on single-item assessments
of mate preferences … to find in terms of mate preferences in the short- and long-term context? …

… Discussion addresses broader theoretical implications for mate preference, and the link …
For uncovering priorities in mate preferences, the specialized theoretical framework of …

… Consistent with this evolutionary reasoning, studies on long-term mate preferences … to tap
mating preferences. For instance, Powers (1971) compiled six mate-preference studies that …

… mating in our species: long-term and short-term. Individuals pursuing a long-term strategy
tend to mate … , while those who pursue a short-term strategy are less interested in sexual …

… sexual contexts: “ambitious and career-oriented” (average rating of 2.45 in the long term
versus 1.04 in the short term), “college graduate” (2.38 versus 1.05), “creative” (1.90 versus 1.29)…

… of successful differential predictions is whether mating preferences refer to a short-term
sexual encounter, such as a brief affair, or a long-term sexual relationship, such as marriage (…

… ), participants indicated their preference for long-term as well as short-term partners. The …
in mating strategies. Our results question the claim that sex differences in mate preferences are “…

… long-term mates has not been addressed. We suggest three key … of women's short- and
long-term mate preferences. … differences in short-term mate preference between restricted and …

… of mate preferences. In this paper, we sought to address and clarify the validity of mate
preferences … We next describe how an evolutionary view of mate preferences focuses as much or …

… predictors of mate preference. Indeed, some research indicates that culture or country of
origin accounts for a much greater proportion of the variation in mate selection preferences than …