Department of Environmental Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Scand J Psychol. 2020 Aug;61(4):560-564. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12628. Epub 2020 Feb 27.
Engaging in risky behaviors is a sexual signalling strategy that men use to procure mates. The present study investigates men's preferences for engaging in risky behaviors (along with women's preferences for their male partner's risky behavior) within dating couples. We investigated associations between relationship length, self-perceived attractiveness, sociosexuality orientation, and preference for risky behaviors in a sample of 256 couples. Results indicated that men had stronger preferences for risky behaviors than their partner's ideal preference. Furthermore, relationship length was associated with a decline in women's preference for their partner's risk-taking, but not men's preference for their own risk-taking. Self-perceived attractiveness was negatively associated with risk preference, and sociosexuality orientation was not directly related to risk preference. Female preferences for less intense male risky behaviors could reflect the need of paternal investment which is required for offspring care. Decreased male sexual signalling could account for lower preferences of risky behaviors in females who are involved in longer lasting romantic relationships.
从事冒险行为是男性用来获取配偶的一种性信号策略。本研究调查了男性（以及女性对其男性伴侣冒险行为的偏好）在约会伴侣中从事冒险行为的偏好。我们在 256 对夫妇的样本中调查了关系长度、自我感知吸引力、社交性取向和对冒险行为的偏好之间的关联。结果表明，男性对冒险行为的偏好强于其伴侣的理想偏好。此外，关系长度与女性对伴侣冒险行为的偏好下降有关，但与男性对自身冒险行为的偏好无关。自我感知吸引力与风险偏好呈负相关，社交性取向与风险偏好没有直接关系。女性对男性冒险行为的较低强度偏好可能反映了对后代照顾所需的亲代投资的需求。在参与更持久浪漫关系的女性中，男性性信号传递的减少可能解释了她们对冒险行为的偏好降低。
