Strategies for meeting prospective mates
An explorative analysis in the Greek cultural context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21391992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Apostolou (0000-0002-0685-1848, Department of Social Sciences University of Nicosia Nicosia Cyprus, corresponding author), Andri Prodromou (Department of Social Sciences University of Nicosia Nicosia Cyprus) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 284-290 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjop.12975 |
| PMID | 37874203 |
| OpenAlex | W4387893190 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
Most people strive toward establishing long‐term romantic relationships, and the majority eventually succeed in doing so, which raises the question of how people meet prospective mates. In the current research, we used in‐depth interviews and open‐ended questionnaires in a sample of 218 Greek‐speaking participants, and we identified 44 acts that people perform in order to meet prospective mates, and 17 categories indicating where people met their current or previous mates. In addition, we used quantitative research methods in a sample of 821 Greek‐speaking participants, and we classified these acts into eight broader strategies. The most frequently adopted ones, included demonstrating active interest to prospective mates, going out to bars, clubs and cafés, improving one's looks and asking friends to introduce one to available individuals. For several strategies, we found significant sex and age effects. Furthermore, most participants indicated that they met their current and previous partners from friends and acquaintances, in school or university, on social media, and on a night out
Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Romance · Sample (material) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology
Sexual selection under parental choice in agropastoral societies
Evolution of Desire, The
The evolution of human mating
Sexual selection under parental choice
Broad Dispositions, Broad Aspirations
Mate Preferences and Their Behavioral Manifestations
Assortative mating and couple similarity
The reliability of a two-item scale
Sex differences in human mate preferences
Mate preference priorities in the East and West
Warfare, Aggression, and Resource Problems
The evolution of human intrasexual competition
Strategic self-promotion and competitor derogation
Beauty and the beast
Swiping me off my feet
Revisiting judgment of strategic self-promotion and competitor derogation tactics
Toward an Ecological-Evolutionary Theory of the Incidence of Warfare in Preindustrial Societies
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |