Olderbak Sally G, Malter Frederic, Wolf Pedro Sofio Abril, Jones Daniel N, Figueredo Aurelio José
Institute for Psychology and Pedagogy, Ulm University.
Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.
Eur J Pers. 2017 Jan-Feb;31(1):42-62. doi: 10.1002/per.2087. Epub 2017 Jan 6.
We evaluated five competing hypotheses about what predicts romantic interest. Through a half-block quasi-experimental design, a large sample of young adults (i.e., responders; = 335) viewed videos of opposite-sex persons (i.e., targets) talking about themselves and responders rated the targets' traits and their romantic interest in the target. We tested whether similarity, dissimilarity, or overall trait levels on mate value, physical attractiveness, life history strategy, and the Big-Five personality factors predicted romantic interest at zero acquaintance, and whether sex acted as a moderator. We tested the responders' individual perception of the targets' traits, in addition to the targets' own self-reported trait levels and a consensus rating of the targets made by the responders. We used polynomial regression with response surface analysis within multilevel modeling to test support for each of the hypotheses. Results suggest a large sex difference in trait perception; when women rated men, they agreed in their perception more often than when men rated women. However, as a predictor of romantic interest, there were no sex differences. Only the responders' perception of the targets' physical attractiveness predicted romantic interest; specifically, responders' who rated the targets' physical attractiveness as higher than themselves reported more romantic interest.
我们评估了关于预测浪漫兴趣的五个相互竞争的假设。通过半街区准实验设计，一大群年轻人（即应答者；(n = 335)）观看了异性（即目标对象）谈论自己的视频，应答者对目标对象的特质以及他们对目标对象的浪漫兴趣进行评分。我们测试了在零接触时，伴侣价值、外貌吸引力、生活史策略和大五人格因素方面的相似性、差异性或总体特质水平是否能预测浪漫兴趣，以及性别是否起调节作用。除了目标对象自己报告的特质水平和应答者对目标对象的共识评分外，我们还测试了应答者对目标对象特质的个人感知。我们在多层次建模中使用多项式回归和响应面分析来检验对每个假设的支持。结果表明，在特质感知方面存在很大的性别差异；当女性对男性进行评分时，她们的感知比男性对女性进行评分时更一致。然而，作为浪漫兴趣的预测指标，不存在性别差异。只有应答者对目标对象外貌吸引力的感知能预测浪漫兴趣；具体而言，将目标对象的外貌吸引力评为高于自己的应答者报告了更多的浪漫兴趣。
