Instrumental and Expressive Values in Mate Selection of Black and White College Students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2587045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Willie Melton (Michigan Technological University, corresponding author), Darwin L Thomas |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 509 |
| Publication date | 1976-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/350419 |
| OpenAlex | W2053413515 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 9 |
The objective of this study is to investigate differences between black and white college students' values concerning mate selection. The relative importance of 12 desired traits in a potential mate, divided equally into what are termed instrumental and expressive traits, is examined. The general conclusions are: (1) black respondents tend to attach greater importance to the instrumental dimension than white respondents; (2) there is little difference between black and white respondents in the degree of importance of the expressive dimension; (3) black males place considerably more emphasis on instrumental traits that white males; and (4) the importance of instrumental traits is inversely related to socioeconomic status
Biology · Developmental psychology · Dimension (graph theory · Mate choice · Mating · Population · Selection (genetic algorithm · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · White (mutation · Demography · Ecology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Genetics · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2024 (45) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |