Bhogal, M. S., Bartlett, J. E. and Farrelly, D. (2019) The influence of mate choice motivation on non-financial altruism. Current Psychology, 38(4), pp. 959-964. (doi: 10.1007/s12144-018-0070-x)
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Abstract
Several studies have found that individuals are more altruistic towards potential mates than others, suggesting altruistic behavior may be a mating signal. Much of the literature focuses on financial altruism using economic games, however altruism can also comprise of non-financial acts, which this experiment examined in an attempt to replicate and refine previous findings. A study was conducted with 199 participants, who viewed both high attractive and low attractive opposite-sex images and were asked how likely they would be to altruistically share their research credits with the person in the image, whilst controlling for self-rated attractiveness. The findings suggest that both men and women were more altruistic towards pictures of high attractive than low attractive potential mating partners (Cohen’s d = 0.37). This study therefore partially replicates previous research examining the role of mate choice effects when exploring non-financial altruism.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Bartlett, Dr James |
| Authors: | Bhogal, M. S., Bartlett, J. E., and Farrelly, D. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Psychology |
| Journal Name: | Current Psychology |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| ISSN: | 1046-1310 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1936-4733 |
| Published Online: | 19 November 2018 |
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