Reproductive Strategy and Sexual Conflict Slow Life History Strategy Inihibts Negative Androcentrism

Recent findings indicate that a slow Life History (LH) strategy factor is associated with increased levels of Executive Functioning (EF), increased emotional intelligence, decreased levels of sexually coercive behaviors, and decreased levels of negative ethnocentrism. Based on these findings, as well as the generative theory, we predicted that slow LH strategy should inhibit negative androcentrism (bias against women). A sample of undergraduates responded to a battery of questionnaires measuring various facets of their LH Strategy, (e.g., sociosexual orientation, mating effort, mate-value, psychopathy, executive functioning, and emotional intelligence) and various convergent measures of Negative Androcentrism. A structural model that the data fit well indicated a latent protective LH strategy trait predicted decreased negative androcentrism. This trait fully mediated the relationship between participant biological sex and androcentrism. We suggest that slow LH strategy may inhibit negative attitudes toward women because of relatively decreased intrasexual competition and intersexual conflict among slow LH strategists. DOI:10.2458/azu_jmmss_v4i1_gladden

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Analysis of the Relationship between the Psychological Well-Being, Emotional Intelligence, Willpower, and Job-Efficacy of Clinical Nurses: A Structural Model Application

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18115582 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (11) ◽

pp. 5582

Author(s):

Jin-Hwa Lee ◽

In-Ok Sim

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Structural Model ◽

Well Being ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Clinical Nurses ◽

Professional Nurses ◽

Mediating Factor ◽

Future Work ◽

The Relationship

The aim of this study to discover the relationship between psychological well-being, emotional intelligence, willpower, and job-efficacy. The data were collected from 26 May to 30 May 2020 by distributing a questionnaire to 317 clinical nurses with six months of experience in a general hospital located in Seoul. Three hundred copies were collected and used for final data analysis. The results of the study verified that the direct factors of psychological well-being, emotional intelligence, and willpower affect the job-efficacy of clinical nurses and confirmed that emotional intelligence is a mediating factor between psychological well-being and job-efficacy. This study is meaningful in that it proves the necessity of establishing various curriculums focusing on these factors so that nursing students can best perform their duties as professional nurses. In particular, it is suggested that an educational program and curriculum be established that can strengthen the psychological well-being and enhance the emotional intelligence of nursing students. It is expected that such training will equip professional clinical nurses to effectively handle future work in their stress-filled field.

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Life History Strategy and Overeating During COVID-19 Pandemic: a Moderated Mediation Model of Sense of Control and Coronavirus Stress

10.21203/rs.3.rs-742702/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Baojuan Ye ◽

Ruining Wang ◽

Mingfan Liu ◽

Xinqiang Wang ◽

Qiang Yang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Life History ◽

Life History Strategy ◽

Empirical Support ◽

Moderated Mediation ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Sense Of Control ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Moderated Mediation Model ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background: This study examined the mediating effect of sense of control and the moderating effect of coronavirus stress on the relationship between life history strategy and overeating among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 period. Methods: Thirty-three hundred and ten Chinese students (Mage = 19.74, SD = 1.50; 47% males) completed self-reported questionnaires regarding life history strategy, sense of control, overeating, and coronavirus stress. The data were analyzed using Pearson’s r correlations and moderated mediation analysis. Results: The results revealed that control sense mediated the link between life history strategy and college students’ overeating. College students’ coronavirus stress moderated the associations between life history strategy and college students’ sense of control and between control sense and overeating. The association between life history strategy and sense of control was stronger for those with lower coronavirus stress, and the association between sense of control and overeating was stronger for those with lower coronavirus stress. Conclusions: This study identified the critical factors associated with overeating; it supplies empirical support for existing theories and provides practical implications for interventions aiming to decrease Chinese college students’ overeating during COVID-19 period.

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Relationships between Sex-Role Orientation and Attitudes toward Women as Managers

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1979.45.3.828 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 828-830 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Michael Collins ◽

L. K. Waters ◽

Carrie Wherry Waters

Keyword(s):

Sex Role ◽

Attitudes Toward Women ◽

Role Orientation ◽

Sex Role Orientation ◽

Biological Sex ◽

Significant Relationships ◽

Managerial Roles ◽

Males And Females ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between attitudes toward women performing in managerial roles and sex-role orientation was examined by correlating scores on subscales of the Women as Managers Scale with scores derived from the Bern Sex-role Inventory within homogeneous biological sex samples of 117 males and 222 females. Within each sex sample there were modest, but significant, relationships between sex-role orientation and attitudes toward women as managers; the direction of the relationships was significantly different for males and females. Those males and females who were more sex-stereotyped toward their own biological sex were less favorable about women performing in managerial roles.

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The Relationship between the Family Functioning of Individuals with Drug Addiction and Relapse Tendency: A Moderated Mediation Model

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18020625 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 625

Author(s):

Xiaoqing Zeng ◽

Chuyi Tan

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Family Functioning ◽

Drug Addiction ◽

Addiction Treatment ◽

Psychological Capital ◽

Life History Strategy ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

The Family ◽

The Relationship ◽

Drug Relapse

To explore the relationship between family functioning, psychological capital, life history strategy, and relapse tendency of individuals with drug addiction, 842 individuals with drug addiction completed a questionnaire. The results showed that (1) there was a significant negative correlation between the family functioning of individuals with drug addiction and their relapse tendency; (2) psychological capital played an intermediary role between family functioning and relapse tendency; and (3) life history strategy regulated the mediating effect of psychological capital. The results of this study suggest that family members should collaborate with drug addiction treatment centers and participate in the education and treatment process to help reduce drug relapse tendency. Increasing the psychological capital and self-efficacy of individuals with drug addiction through group psychological counseling and psychological education courses could also reduce drug relapse tendency.

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The Relationship between Executive Functioning and Emotional Intelligence in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Open Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.4236/ojpsych.2018.83022 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 08 (03) ◽

pp. 253-262 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jennifer L. Reynolds ◽

Alan J. Lincoln ◽

Roya Iravani ◽

Varvara Toma ◽

Shamayne Brown

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Executive Functioning ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

The Relationship

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Sustainable behavior, life history strategy, and positive time perspective: A structural model.

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.1037/ebs0000149 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 245-262

Author(s):

Juan Carlos Manríquez-Betanzos ◽

Víctor Corral-Verdugo ◽

César Octavio Tapia-Fonllem ◽

Blanca Silvia Fraijo-Sing

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Time Perspective ◽

Structural Model ◽

Life History Strategy ◽

Positive Time ◽

Sustainable Behavior

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Variation in Women’s Mate Preferences Over the Development of a Monogamous Relationship Corresponds with Changes in Men’s Life History Strategy (Author's Accepted Version)

10.31234/osf.io/fr682 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Rebecca Owens ◽

Helen Driscoll ◽

Daniel Farrelly

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Life History Theory ◽

Life History Strategy ◽

Mate Preferences ◽

Mating Strategies ◽

Mating Effort ◽

Monogamous Relationship ◽

Parenting Effort ◽

The Relationship

Much research has examined how men’s mating strategies change over the development of a relationship consistent with predictions from Life History Theory. Specifically, research shows both physiological and behavioural indicators of mating effort decrease once men are mated, and further once they become fathers, unless they remain engaged in mating effort. This switch from mating to parenting effort is sexually selected, and therefore the corresponding shifts in women should be examined, though to date, women’s short- or long-term mate preferences have been studied as separate entities rather than as a transition from short- to long- term. We examined how women’s mate preferences changed over the development of a relationship, to see if they varied consistently with what is known about variation in men’s mating effort. Vignettes detailed four key milestones in the development of a relationship and women rated the importance of the man at each stage displaying indicators of mating or parenting effort. Women increasingly prioritised indicators of parenting effort in men as the relationship developed, consistent with what is known about men’s reduction in mating effort in favour of parenting effort over the development of a relationship. The results support predictions from Life History Theory and highlight the interacting mutually reinforcing nature of sexually selected behaviours.

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Evidence for an Association between Gender-Role Identity and a Measure of Executive Function

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.2002.90.1.35 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 90 (1) ◽

pp. 35-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Jill M. Norvilitis ◽

Howard M. Reid

Keyword(s):

Executive Function ◽

Executive Functioning ◽

Gender Role ◽

Sex Role ◽

Well Being ◽

Role Identity ◽

Gender Role Identity ◽

Bem Sex Role Inventory ◽

Biological Sex ◽

The Relationship

Two studies assessed the relation between gender role and executive function. In Study One ( N = 234) analyses indicated that among college students executive function, assessed by the Coolidge and Griego scale, is related to masculine gender-role classification, measured by the Bem Sex-role Inventory. This relationship remained significant when biological sex was controlled. Further, factor analysis of the Bem Sex-role Inventory identified six components, three related to executive function. Two of these scales were associated with masculine characteristics, and the third was associated with the denial of several feminine items. Study Two ( N = 55) further assessed the relationship among undergraduates through additional measures of executive functions and mood, in addition to the Bem Sex-role Inventory. In this study, executive functioning, as measured by the Coolidge and Griego scale, was again generally related to masculinity. Psychological well-being was not related to gender identity or executive functioning.

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Lower emotional awareness is associated with greater early adversity and faster life history strategy

10.31234/osf.io/7nzqk ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ryan Smith ◽

Horst Dieter Steklis ◽

Netzin Steklis ◽

Karen Weihs ◽

John JB Allen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Short Form ◽

Life History Strategy ◽

Theoretical Work ◽

Emotional Awareness ◽

Early Adversity ◽

Recent Theoretical Work ◽

Two Measures ◽

Reflective Cognition ◽

The Relationship

Recent theoretical work suggests that emotional awareness (EA) depends on the harshness/predictability of early social interactions – and that low EA may actually be adaptive in harsh environments that lack predictable interpersonal interactions. In evolutionary psychology, this process of psychological “calibration” to early environments corresponds to life history strategy (LHS). In this paper, we tested the relationship between EA and LHS in 177 (40 male) individuals who completed the levels of emotional awareness scale (LEAS), Arizona Life History Battery (short form: K-SF-42), and two measures of early abuse/neglect. Significantly lower EA was observed in those with faster LHS and who had experienced greater early adversity. Notably, LEAS was associated with differences in 1) general reflective cognition, and 2) emotional support from parents during childhood. This suggests that EA may be learned during development based on the benefits of cognitive reflection in environments with different levels of harshness and social predictability.

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