Davies Alastair P C, Shackelford Todd K, Hass R Glen
Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, 2912 College Avenue, Davie, Florida 33314, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2007 Oct;36(5):702-16. doi: 10.1007/s10508-006-9158-8.
For a romantic attraction to be considered a mate poach, the pursuer must be aware that, while attempting to attract the targeted individual, the target is already in a nominally exclusive relationship. We investigated a methodological alternative for investigating the frequency of mate poaching. We presented university students with a survey informed by a definition of poaching that, in contrast to that which informed previous surveys, explicitly stated that the poacher must be aware while pursuing the targeted individual that the target was already in an exclusive relationship. Relative to participants in previous research, the current participants reported fewer experiences with poaching. We concluded that the current survey reduced the likelihood of participants reporting experiences with non-poaching forms of romantic attraction as experiences with poaching, and thereby provided more accurate estimates of the frequency of poaching. We also investigated the frequency of a previously uninvestigated form and temporal context of poaching and used a more fine-grained measure of the frequency of poaching than used in previous research. Discussion addresses limitations of the current research and suggests future directions for addressing them.
要将一种浪漫吸引力视为挖墙脚行为，追求者必须意识到，在试图吸引目标对象时，该对象已处于名义上的排他关系中。我们研究了一种用于调查挖墙脚行为频率的方法替代方案。我们向大学生提供了一项基于挖墙脚定义的调查，与之前调查所依据的定义不同，该定义明确指出，挖墙脚者在追求目标对象时必须意识到目标对象已处于排他关系中。与之前研究的参与者相比，当前参与者报告的挖墙脚经历较少。我们得出结论，当前的调查降低了参与者将非挖墙脚形式的浪漫吸引力经历报告为挖墙脚经历的可能性，从而提供了更准确的挖墙脚频率估计。我们还调查了一种先前未被研究的挖墙脚形式和时间背景，并使用了比之前研究更细致的挖墙脚频率测量方法。讨论部分阐述了当前研究的局限性，并提出了解决这些局限性的未来方向。
