Do individual differences in sociosexuality represent genetic or environmentally contingent strategies? Evidence from the Australian twin registry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6200536 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Michael Bailey (0000-0003-4756-1705, Northwestern University), Katherine M Kirk (0000-0001-8298-1436, The University of Queensland), Gu Zhu (0000-0002-5691-1917, The University of Queensland), Michael P Dunne (0000-0001-9041-4802, Queensland University of Technology), Nicholas G Martins (0000-0003-4069-8020, The University of Queensland) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 537-545 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.78.3.537 |
| PMID | 10743879 |
| OpenAlex | W2164422733 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 60 |
| References cited | 20 |
Although men are substantially more interested than women in casual sex, there is ample variation in this trait (sociosexuality) within both sexes. One theory hypothesizes that within-sex sociosexual variation results from genetic variation maintained by frequency-dependent selection. If so, sociosexuality should be substantially heritable. A competing theory is that children acquire their mating strategy after observing their parents' relationship. By this theory, sociosexuality should reveal a strong shared environmental component. The authors studied genetic and environmental influences on sociosexuality using a large, representative volunteer twin sample. Parental marital instability was modestly associated with sociosexuality, but this could have been due to either genetic or environmental factors. Consistent with genetic theory, familial resemblance appeared primarily due to additive genetic rather than shared environmental factors
Developmental psychology · Heritability · Twin study · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Genetics · Plant and animal studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |