Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 02138, USA.
Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, H3C 3P8, Canada.
Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 24;14(1):19680. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-70742-7.
Every human and non-human animal must make tradeoffs in investments in terms of time, energy, and resources. The aim of this study was to extrapolate from the types of investments in survival and reproduction that non-human animals make and translate these into human motivations. 16 potential goals were presented to 851 childless, 18-23-year-old adults from 11 world regions in an online study. Each young adult was asked to weight the importance of every goal to his or her ideal life. Weights had to sum to 100, requiring tradeoffs. Results revealed striking agreement across young adults with only four goals weighted above chance: Finding a beloved romantic partner, being physically and emotionally healthy, and earning money or resources. Having lots of sexual partners was the least important goal across all world regions for both sexes. Nevertheless, men more than women valued having many sexual partners, being talented outside work, being physically strong, and having a physically attractive romantic partner. Overall, there was cultural variation in some of the less important goals. Helping young adults achieve success requires understanding their own goals, rather than focusing on popularized depictions of what young adults desire.
每个人和非人类动物都必须在时间、精力和资源方面权衡生存和繁殖方面的投资。本研究的目的是从非人类动物所做的生存和繁殖投资类型中推断，并将其转化为人类的动机。在一项在线研究中，向来自 11 个世界地区的 851 名无子女、18-23 岁的成年人展示了 16 个潜在目标。要求每个年轻人对每个目标对他或她理想生活的重要性进行加权。权重必须加起来为 100，需要进行权衡。结果显示，年轻人之间惊人地一致，只有四个目标的权重超过了随机值：找到心爱的浪漫伴侣、保持身心健康、赚钱或获取资源。在所有世界地区，对于男性和女性来说，拥有许多性伴侣都是最不重要的目标。然而，男性比女性更重视拥有许多性伴侣、在工作之外有才华、身体健康和拥有有吸引力的浪漫伴侣。总的来说，一些不太重要的目标在文化上存在差异。帮助年轻人取得成功需要了解他们自己的目标，而不是关注年轻人所渴望的流行描述。
