Dubbs Shelli L, Buunk Abraham P
School of Psychology. University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia.
Evol Psychol. 2010 Oct 24;8(4):586-98. doi: 10.1177/147470491000800405.
Previous research reveals that children and parents are not in complete agreement over which traits are most important for the mate of the child. Children tend to prefer traits that suggest genetic quality, whereas parents prefer characteristics that suggest high parental investment and cooperation with the ingroup. Using a sample of parents, mothers (n = 234) and fathers (n =240) the hypothesis was supported; parents perceived characteristics indicating a lack of genetic quality as being more unacceptable to the child, while characteristics indicating a lack of parental investment and cooperation with the ingroup were more unacceptable to themselves. Sex differences between mothers and fathers and sons and daughters were explored.
先前的研究表明,在哪些特质对孩子的配偶最为重要这一问题上,孩子和父母并未完全达成一致。孩子往往更喜欢那些暗示遗传质量的特质,而父母则更喜欢那些暗示高亲代投资以及与内群体合作的特征。以父母、母亲(n = 234)和父亲(n = 240)为样本,该假设得到了支持;父母认为,那些表明缺乏遗传质量的特征对孩子来说更不可接受,而那些表明缺乏亲代投资以及与内群体合作的特征对他们自己来说更不可接受。研究还探讨了母亲与父亲以及儿子与女儿之间的性别差异。