Abraham P Buunk

Biographic Data

ID3638006
NAMEAbraham P Buunk
GIVEN NAMESAbraham P
FAMILY NAMEBuunk
SIGNATUREBUUNK A P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Groningen, The Netherlands
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX1

  • Preferred Parental Control of Mate Choice, Opposition to Out-Group Mating, and Ethnic Identification in Surinam

    Open AccessAbraham P Buunk, Glenn Leckie et al.ARTICLECross-Cultural Research2020

    This study examined the attitude toward parental control of mate choice, and two potential factors related to this, that is, opposition to out-group mating and ethnic identification, in the five major ethnic groups from the Republic of Surinam ( n = 500), that is, Hindustani, Creoles, Maroons, Javanese, and people of Mixed descent. Some of the main differences between groups were the following: Hindustani and Maroons had a more positive attitude …

  • Don ́t Cheat Like I Did

    Open AccessAbraham P Buunk, A M Fernandez et al.ARTICLEInterpersona An International…2020Cited by: 1References: 14

    In a sample of 68 adult men and 70 adult women from Santiago, Chile, with a mean age of 29.40 years and a median age of 29, the effects of one's own infidelity and that of one's partner on different types of jealousy were examined. Of the respondents 47.1% had ever been unfaithful, and over half (56.5%) reported that their partner had been unfaithful. There were no effects of one's own infidelity and that of one's partner on reactive and anxious …

  • Sex and Marriage With Members of Other Ethnic Groups

    Abraham P Buunk, Pieternel DijkstraARTICLECross-Cultural Research2017

    Given the importance of interethnic intimate relationships for the integration of minority groups, the present study examined attitudes toward marriages and sexual relationships with in-group and out-group members among young second-generation immigrants in the Netherlands compared with the Dutch. A sample of 95 ethnically Dutch, 68 Moroccan, and 68 Turkish individuals aged between 15 and 25, living in the Netherlands filled out an online questio…

  • My Parents Know Best

    Open AccessAbraham P BuunkARTICLEInterpersona An International…2015Cited by: 3References: 41

    This study examined the opposition against out-group mating and the attitude towards parental influence on mate choice among 107 Dutch, 69 Moroccan, and 69 Turkish participants aged between 15 and 25. The level of preferred parental influence on mate choice was considerably higher among the Turks and Moroccans than among the Dutch, but females in both ethnic groups were less in favor of parental influence on mate choice than males were. Overall, …

  • Cultural Variation in Parental Influence on Mate Choice

    Abraham P Buunk, Justin H Park et al.ARTICLECross-Cultural Research2010

    Contrary to assumptions underlying current psychological theories of human mating, throughout much of human history parents often controlled the mating behavior of their children. In the present research, the authors tested the hypothesis that the level of parental influence on mating is associated with the level of collectivism in a culture. A scale to assess the degree of parental influence on mate choice was administered to four samples: 371 s…

  • Solidarity and Prosocial Behavior

    Open AccessBram P Buunk, Lindenberg et al.EDITORBOOKSolidarity and Prosocial Behavior2006

    The topic of prosocial behavior (e.g. fairness, solidarity, and altruism) has recently shifted back into the center of attention in a variety of disciplines, ranging from economics across sociology and psychology towards biology. It is now a well-accepted fact in all human sciences that human behavior is not always governed by egotism and selfish motives. Unfortunately, this does not explain why humans also act blatantly selfish and are blind to …