Capturing the interpersonal implications of evolved preferences? Frequency of sex shapes automatic, but not explicit, partner evaluations

LL Hicks, JK McNulty, AL Meltzer… - Psychological …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
A strong predisposition to engage in sexual intercourse likely evolved in humans because
sex is crucial to reproduction. Given that meeting interpersonal preferences tends to promote …

The role of sexual and romantic attraction in human mate preferences

M Scheller, AA de Sousa, LA Brotto… - The Journal of Sex …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Sex differences in mate preferences are ubiquitous, having been evidenced across
generations and cultures. Their prevalence and persistence have compellingly placed them …

Women like being valued for sex, as long as it is by a committed partner

AL Meltzer, JK McNulty, JK Maner - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2017 - Springer
How do women respond to being valued for sex by their partners? Although research
supporting objectification theory suggests that women's reactions to sexual valuation are …

The implications of changing hormonal contraceptive use after relationship formation

JE French, AL Meltzer - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Modern-day environments differ drastically from those in which humans evolved, which
likely has important implications for human mating psychology. Particularly notable is the …

A dual-process perspective on how sexual experiences shape automatic versus explicit relationship satisfaction: Reply to Brody, Costa, Klapilová, and Weiss (2018)

LL Hicks, JK McNulty, AL Meltzer… - Psychological …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Sexual Experiences and Relationship Evaluations 671 models can be used to explain this
as well. According to both models, propositional beliefs can determine whether positive and …

On the proper functions of human mate preference adaptations: Comment on Eastwick, Luchies, Finkel, and Hunt (2014).

DP Schmitt - 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Evolutionary psychologists have hypothesized that humans possess sex-differentiated mate
preference adaptations. In the context of long-term mating, men are hypothesized to more …

What predicts romantic relationship satisfaction and mate retention intensity: Mate preference fulfillment or mate value discrepancies?

D Conroy-Beam, CD Goetz, DM Buss - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
We test a novel evolutionary hypothesis predicting that mate value discrepancies, but not
mate preference fulfillment, will regulate relationship satisfaction. Across Study 1 (n= 259) …

Physical cues of partner quality

ID Stephen, S Luoto - The Oxford handbook of evolutionary …, 2021 - books.google.com
The dominant evolutionary theory of sexual attraction posits that attraction serves as a
psychobehavioral and motivational mechanism for identifying healthy, fertile, and …

Explaining sex differences in reactions to relationship infidelities: Comparisons of the roles of sex, gender, beliefs, attachment, and sociosexual orientation

GL Brase, L Adair, K Monk - Evolutionary Psychology, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
To the extent that sex differences are mediated by mechanisms such as sex-roles and
beliefs, individual differences in these more proximate traits should account for significant …

A close and supportive interparental bond during pregnancy predicts greater decline in sexual activity from pregnancy to postpartum: Applying an evolutionary …

TK Lorenz, EL Ramsdell, RL Brock - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A common topic for advice given to parents after childbirth–both from relationship experts
and popular media–is how to “bounce back” to one's pre-pregnancy sexuality, with warnings …