Reasons of Singles for Being Single

Evidence from Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan and the UK

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7738697
AutoresM Apostolou (0000-0002-0685-1848, University of Nicosia, Cyprus, autor correspondente), Béla Birkás (0000-0002-6380-7093, University of Pécs, Hungary), Caio Santos Alves Da Silva (0000-0001-5039-8860, Universidade de São Paulo), Gianluca Esposito (0000-0002-6077-9920, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Rafael Ming Chi Santos Hsu (Universidade de São Paulo), P K Jonason (0000-0002-8833-048X, University of Padua), Konstantinos Karamanidis (University of Nicosia, Cyprus), Jiaqing O (Aberystwyth University), O Jiaqing (Aberystwyth University), Yohsuke Ohtsubo (0000-0003-2074-0244, University of Tokyo, Japan), Ádám Putz (0009-0006-5410-697X, University of Pécs, Hungary), D Sznycer (0000-0002-6510-3313, University of Montreal, QC, Canada), Andrew G Thomas (0000-0001-5251-7923, Swansea University), Jaroslava V Valentova (0000-0002-2113-3385, Universidade de São Paulo), M A C Varella (0000-0002-7274-7360, Universidade de São Paulo), Karel Kleisner (0000-0002-3277-8365, Charles University, Prague, Czechia), Jaroslav Flegr (0000-0002-0822-0126, Charles University, Prague, Czechia), Yan Wang (0009-0009-9633-0023, Fudan University, Shanghai, China)
Ano2021
Volume55
Fascículo4
Páginas319-350
Data de publicação2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCross-Cultural Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1069-3971 • E-ISSN: 1552-3578
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10693971211021816
OpenAlexW3166128194
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas24

The current research aimed to examine the reasons people are single, that is, not in an intimate relationship, across eight different countries—Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan, and the UK. We asked a large cross-cultural sample of single participants ( N = 6,822) to rate 92 different possible reasons for being single. These reasons were classified into 12 factors, including one’s perceived inability to find the right partner, the perception that one is not good at flirting, and the desire to focus on one’s career. Significant sex and age effects were found for most factors. The extracted factors were further classified into three separate domains: Perceived poor capacity to attract mates, desiring the freedom of choice, and currently being in between relationships. The domain structure, the relative importance of each factor and domain, as well as sex and age effects were relatively consistent across countries. There were also important differences however, including the differing effect sizes of sex and age effects between countries

China · Czech · Demographic economics · Economics · Flirting · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Demography · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology