Human Mate Poaching Tactics Are Effective

Evidence From a Dyadic Prospective Study on Opposite-Sex “Friendships”

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21209170
AutoresEdward P Lemay (0000-0001-8089-3256, University of Maryland, College Park, autor correspondente), Noah R Wolf (University of Maryland, College Park)
Ano2016
Volume7
Fascículo4
Páginas374-380
Data de publicação2016-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Psychological and Personality Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1948-5506 • E-ISSN: 1948-5514
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1948550615623843
OpenAlexW2230317857
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas34

Mate poaching refers to efforts to attract people who are already involved in committed relationships. The current dyadic, 5-week prospective study examined mate poaching behaviors in the context of opposite-sex friendships. Actors’ mate poaching behaviors predicted decreases in their friend’s commitment to their romantic partners, increases in their friend’s perceptions of actors’ mate value, and increases in their friend’s romantic desire for actors over time. These results are the first to suggest an interpersonal process in which mate poaching behaviors elicit psychological changes in targets that facilitate actors’ mate poaching goals. Furthermore, these results are the first to demonstrate the effectiveness of mate poaching tactics in friendships

Geography · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Perception · Poaching · Population · Romance · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Demography · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology