Arranged Marriage Often Subverts Offspring Mate Choice: An HRAF‐Based Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Agey ◽  
Addison Morris ◽  
Maya Chandy ◽  
Steven J. C. Gaulin
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Arranged Marriage

scholarly journals Arranged Marriage, Partner Traits and Parental Investment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemarie M. Hasnain
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Parental Investment ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Reproductive Effort ◽  
Arranged Marriage ◽  
Arranged Marriages ◽  
Marriage Partner ◽  
Reproductive Compensation ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Compensation Hypothesis

Both sexes choose mates based on qualities that will enhance offspring viability and quality. In some cases individuals are forced to reproduce with less desirable mates which has been shown to result in lower quality offspring. The Reproductive Compensation Hypothesis (RCH) predicts that parents who mate under constraint will increase their reproductive effort and investment in offspring to compensate for lowered offspring viability. Evidence for the RCH has been found in several animal species; however it has not been examined in humans. One possible type of mate choice constraint in humans is that of arranged marriage in which parents or others choose mates for individuals. In order to test the RCH, I examine whether there are differences in both partner traits between women in arranged marriages and those in self-choice marriages, and differences in parental investment between women in arranged and self-choice marriages using data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey. Except for husband’s education level, no differences were found in mate characteristics between the husbands of women in self-choice marriages and those in arranged marriages. Marriage type did not significantly correlate with parental investment except for number of live births. This correlation, however, was not in the predicated direction. Results show that women in self-choice marriages had more offspring (controlling for marriage duration) than woman in arranged marriages. It is possible that arranged marriage is not a true constraint on mate choice or that parental investment measures used in this study need to be more refined.

Female Mate Choice Behavior with Static Models of Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica)

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Levens ◽  
Heather Bakondy ◽  
Chana K. Akins
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Japanese Quail ◽  
Choice Behavior ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Coturnix Japonica ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Static Models

Humans copy social information in mate choice decisions

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Skyler S. Place ◽  
Peter M. Todd ◽  
Lars Penke ◽  
Jens B. Asendorpf
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Social Information

A falling in love heuristic? An exploration of mate choice determinates

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Burke ◽  
Sandra Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Falling In Love

PHUBBING BEHAVIOR AND ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP: MECHANISM OF MENTAL HEALTH AMONG MARRIED COUPLES

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-137
Author(s):  
Rabia Zonash Mir
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Married Couple ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Mental Health Issue ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Arranged Marriage ◽  
Love Marriage

Does Phubbing Behavior and Romantic Relation leads to Mental Health issues among married couple? The present study intended to explore the effect of how phubbing behavior and romantic relationships are affecting mental health of married couples. For the study purpose a sample of 120 Married couples were taken between the age ranges 20-60 years of age. Partner Phubbing Rating Scale developed by Roberts and David (2015) was used to measure phubbing behavior among married couples. Romantic Partner Scale (RPS) developed by Zacchilli, Hendricks, and Hendricks, (2012) was applied to assess the romantic relationship between both partners and the third scale used was short form of Mental Health Continuum developed by Keyes (2005) in order to assess the mental health issue among married couples. Phubbing behavior positively predicted interactional activity and negatively predicts compromise, avoidance, separation, dominance and submission. Phubbing behavior negatively predicts mental health among married couples. Gender difference indicates that males are higher on romantic relationship as well as mental health as compared to females. As far as demographic variables are concerned, based on the findings of current research, it was concluded that there was no gender differences found in phubbing behavior, romantic relationship, and mental health of married couples. Phubbing behavior is significantly higher in love marriage couples in comparison with arranged marriage couples.

Are males in a relationship flirted with more? Testing for mate choice copying in humans

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels van de Ven ◽  
Monique Maria Henriettte Pollmann ◽  
Rob Nelissen ◽  
Nadiya Sayenko
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Mate Choice Copying ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Absolute Measure ◽  
Cast Doubt

Ample anecdotal and some scientific evidence suggests that men who enter a relationship feel that they are flirted with more frequently than before they had a partner. This phenomenon has been interpreted as a form of mate choice copying; the idea that females prefer males that are in a relationship with another female. In two samples (N = 271 and N = 396) we replicate that people indicate that flirting increased after entering a relationship. However, on a more absolute measure (how often people feel they are flirted with), we did not find that those in a relationship felt to be flirted with more than those without one. Our findings cast doubt on the interpretation that ours (and similar) findings are support for mate choice copying, and we argue that alternative explanations should be considered.

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