Danel Dariusz P, Siennicka Agnieszka, Glińska Kinga, Fedurek Piotr, Nowak-Szczepańska Natalia, Jankowska Ewa A, Pawłowski Bogusław, Lewandowski Zdzisław
Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolfa Weigla 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland.
Department of Physiology, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. T. Chalubinskiego 10, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland.
Acta Ethol. 2017;20(1):1-8. doi: 10.1007/s10211-016-0240-5. Epub 2016 Oct 13.
Mate value discrepancy (MVD) between heterosexual partners is an important factor influencing relationship satisfaction which, in turn, has an effect on the quality and the stability of the relationship. Therefore, partners' involvement in mate retention behaviours, such as controlling behaviours, can be related to MVD and our study aims to determine whether such an association exists. In order to do so, we analysed female perception of MVD and their opinion regarding the intensity of controlling behaviours performed by themselves as well as their romantic partners. Female perception of the intensity of controlling behaviours performed by both partners was the highest in couples where a woman assesses her own mate value (MV) as higher than her partner's MV and significantly different than in relationships where male MV exceeded those of the female. Our study also indicates that MVD should be taken into account when analysing sex differences in intensities of mate retention behaviours. Finally, we provide evidence supporting the significance of the relationship length for controlling behaviour intensity. Findings are discussed within an evolutionary perspective.
异性伴侣之间的配偶价值差异（MVD）是影响关系满意度的一个重要因素，而关系满意度又会对关系的质量和稳定性产生影响。因此，伴侣参与配偶保留行为，如控制行为，可能与MVD有关，我们的研究旨在确定这种关联是否存在。为了做到这一点，我们分析了女性对MVD的认知以及她们对自己和浪漫伴侣所表现出的控制行为强度的看法。在女性认为自己的配偶价值（MV）高于伴侣的MV的夫妻中，女性对双方所表现出的控制行为强度的认知最高，且与男性MV超过女性的关系存在显著差异。我们的研究还表明，在分析配偶保留行为强度的性别差异时应考虑MVD。最后，我们提供了证据支持关系长度对控制行为强度的重要性。研究结果将在进化视角下进行讨论。
