Vincke Eveline
1 Department of Communication Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Evol Psychol. 2017 Apr-Jun;15(2):1474704917707073. doi: 10.1177/1474704917707073.
Previous research indicates that drinking large quantities of alcohol could function as a short-term mating strategy for young adults in mating situations. However, no study investigated whether this is actually the case. Therefore, in this article, the link between short-term mating motivations and drinking high amounts of alcohol is tested. First, a survey study ( N = 345) confirmed that young adults who engage in binge drinking are more short-term oriented in their mating strategy than young adults who never engage in binge drinking. Also, the more short-term-oriented young adults were in their mating strategy, the more often binge drinking behavior was conducted. In addition, an experimental study ( N = 229) empirically verified that short-term mating motivations increase young adults' drinking behavior, more so than long-term mating motivations. Results of the experiment clearly showed that young men and young women are triggered to drink more alcoholic beverages in a short-term mating situation compared to a long-term mating situation. Furthermore, the mating situation also affected young adults' perception of drinking behavior. Young adults in a short-term mating context perceived a higher amount of alcoholic beverages as heavy drinking compared to peers in a long-term mating context. These findings confirm that a high alcohol consumption functions as a short-term mating strategy for both young men and young women. Insights gained from this article might be of interest to institutions aimed at targeting youth alcohol (ab)use.
先前的研究表明，大量饮酒可能是年轻人在交配情境中的一种短期交配策略。然而，尚无研究调查实际情况是否如此。因此，在本文中，对短期交配动机与大量饮酒之间的联系进行了测试。首先，一项调查研究（N = 345）证实，与从不酗酒的年轻人相比，酗酒的年轻人在交配策略上更倾向于短期导向。而且，年轻人在交配策略上越倾向于短期导向，酗酒行为就越频繁。此外，一项实验研究（N = 229）通过实证验证了短期交配动机比长期交配动机更能增加年轻人的饮酒行为。实验结果清楚地表明，与长期交配情境相比，在短期交配情境中，年轻男性和年轻女性都会被触发饮用更多酒精饮料。此外，交配情境也影响了年轻人对饮酒行为的认知。与处于长期交配情境中的同龄人相比，处于短期交配情境中的年轻人将更多量的酒精饮料视为酗酒。这些发现证实，大量饮酒对年轻男性和女性而言都是一种短期交配策略。本文获得的见解可能会引起旨在针对青少年酒精（滥用）问题的机构的兴趣。
