Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, Institute of Brain and Education Innovation, The School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Mental Health Education Guidance Center, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, China.
Int J Psychol. 2022 Dec;57(6):727-734. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12867. Epub 2022 Jun 28.
Mate copying occurs when individuals imitate the mate choice of other same-sex individuals. These effects can be influenced by factors related to the rater and the model. The present study explored the roles of raters' interpersonal trust and models' romantic experiences in the decision-making progress. Study 1 replicated mate copying effects and found the effect of interpersonal trust was nonsignificant. Study 2 further tested the interaction effect among interpersonal trust, model's romantic experiences, and model's mate choice decision. Results showed that change in targets' attractiveness varied with the model's romantic experiences under the model acceptance condition. The attractiveness of targets showed a greater increase when models had one or two romantic experiences than when they had no or multiple romantic experiences. A three-way interaction effect occurred as well. Under the condition of model acceptance, for raters with a low or medium level of interpersonal trust, change in attractiveness increased with the model's romantic experiences and the relationship was non-monotonic. For individuals with high levels of trust, models' romantic experiences did not have any effect. These results reveal that both rater's interpersonal trust and models' romantic experiences matter in individuals' willingness to copy other's mate preference.
当个体模仿其他同性个体的伴侣选择时，就会发生伴侣模仿。这些影响可能受到与评价者和模型相关的因素的影响。本研究探讨了评价者的人际信任和模型的浪漫经历在决策过程中的作用。研究 1 复制了伴侣模仿效应，并发现人际信任的影响不显著。研究 2 进一步测试了人际信任、模型的浪漫经历和模型的伴侣选择决策之间的交互作用。结果表明，在模型接受的条件下，目标吸引力的变化随模型的浪漫经历而变化。当模型有一到两次浪漫经历时，目标的吸引力比没有或多次浪漫经历时增加得更大。还出现了三向交互作用。在模型接受的条件下，对于人际信任程度低或中等的评价者，吸引力的变化随模型的浪漫经历而增加，且关系是非单调的。对于信任程度较高的个体，模型的浪漫经历没有任何影响。这些结果表明，评价者的人际信任和模型的浪漫经历都影响个体复制他人伴侣偏好的意愿。
