Why is age so important in human mating? Evolved age preferences and their influences on multiple mating behaviors.

D Conroy-Beam, DM Buss - Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Evolutionary theorizing suggests that chronological age, because it is so strongly linked with
key reproductive qualities like fertility, should be an exceptionally consequential variable in …

How sexually dimorphic are human mate preferences?

D Conroy-Beam, DM Buss, MN Pham… - Personality and …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous studies on sex-differentiated mate preferences have focused on univariate
analyses. However, because mate selection is inherently multidimensional, a multivariate …

Gender of the online influencer and follower: the differential persuasive impact of homophily, attractiveness and product-match

P Gupta, JL Burton, L Costa Barros - Internet Research, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this research is to extend theoretical knowledge of key variables
and their interactions that impact the persuasiveness of online influencers. The study …

Jealousy: Evidence of strong sex differences using both forced choice and continuous measure paradigms

M Bendixen, LEO Kennair, DM Buss - Personality and Individual …, 2015 - Elsevier
Despite some controversy about sex differences in jealousy, data largely support that sex
differences studied with the forced choice (FC) paradigm are robust: Men, relative to women …

Individual differences in sociosexuality predict picture-based mobile dating app use

EO Botnen, M Bendixen, TV Grøntvedt… - Personality and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigates individual differences, sex differences and predictors of current and
prior use of Picture-Based Mobile Dating Apps (PBMDA), including level and type of PBMDA …

Sexual regret: Tests of competing explanations of sex differences

LEO Kennair, M Bendixen… - Evolutionary …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The current study sought to answer three key questions about explaining the emotion of
regret in the domain of casual sex: Are sex differences in sexual regret robust or attenuated …

Sexual regret in US and Norway: Effects of culture and individual differences in religiosity and mating strategy

M Bendixen, K Asao, JP Wyckoff, DM Buss… - Personality and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sexual regret was investigated across two disparate cultures: Norway (N= 853), a highly
secular and sexually liberal culture, and the United States (N= 466), a more religious and …

Perceived effectiveness of flirtation tactics: The effects of sex, mating context and individual differences in US and Norwegian samples

LEO Kennair, TJ Wade, MT Tallaksen… - Evolutionary …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Flirting involves various signals communicated between individuals. To attract potential
mates, men and women exhibit flirtatious behavior to get the attention of, and potentially …

No gender differences in attraction to young partners: A study of 4500 blind dates

PW Eastwick, EJ Finkel, EM Meza… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
In mixed-gender couples, men are older than women on average. Scholars and laypeople
presume that this arrangement reflects mirrored preferences such that men desire younger …

The effect of prototypical# MeToo features on the perception of social-sexual behavior as sexual harassment

AM Kessler, LEO Kennair, TV Grøntvedt, I Bjørkheim… - Sexuality & Culture, 2020 - Springer
The# MeToo movement has to a large degree addressed a specific type of sexual
harassment, focusing on quid pro quo over hostile environment type sexual harassment …