A Cross-Cultural Mate Selection Study of Chinese and U.S. Men and Women

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ID7841848
AutoresRuoxi Chen (0000-0003-2626-5448, School of Health Professions at University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, USA, 71209 ().), Fred P Piercy (Department of Human Development at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 24060 ().), John K Miller (0000-0003-4409-7660, Department of Social Work at Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 200433 ().)
Ano2017
Volume48
Fascículo2
Páginas243-260
Data de publicação2017-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
EditoraUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.48.2.243
OpenAlexW2911268048
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas17

Using data on 333 never-married heterosexual Chinese adults and 339 never-married heterosexual U.S. adults, we tested a mate selection model with multiple-group structural equation modeling. Depicting mate selection as a contextual process, we first developed and then examined the fit of a model that includes multiple key variables—including culture, gender, age, external influences, self-appraisals, mate selection perceptions, and mate selection criteria. We report a number of differences between Chinese and U.S. males and females regarding their mate selection processes. We highlight the salience of using relative variables, latent variables, and contextual models in describing the mate selection process, and discuss the practical implications of the study’s findings for relationship education and family therapy

Biology · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Evolutionary biology · Mate choice · Mating · Perception · Salience (neuroscience) · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Sexual selection · Sociology · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Computer Science · Demography · Ecology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology