For Richer or For Poorer: How Financial Resources Affect Women’s Mate-Value
| dc.contributor.author | Fisher, Alexandra | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Stinson, Danu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-04T21:35:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-12-11T12:22:05Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2015 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-01-04 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Psychology | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Science M.Sc. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Research on mate preferences suggests that men value physical attractiveness and youthfulness most in potential partners, whereas women value status and resources most in a potential partner (Buss, 1989). These differences in mate preferences have implications for the value men and women place on these characteristics (e.g. attractiveness and resources) in potential mates. A man’s attractiveness and financial resources both contribute positively to his mate-value, (Sprecher, 1989; Townsend & Levy, 1990). A woman’s attractiveness also contributes to her mate-value (Sprecher, 1989; Townsend & Levy, 1990), but the value of her resources is less clear. I expected that men’s evaluation of a woman’s financial resources would be dependent on her level of attractiveness. I hypothesized that a woman’s financial resources would add to her mate-value when she was highly attractive, but detract from her mate-value when she was typically attractive. In Study 1, a woman of varying attractiveness (typical vs. high) approached men on campus and delivered a speech that conveyed her future income (low vs. high). Men’s reported desire to join her focus group was used as measure of their impressions of her mate-value. Study 2 directly assesses participant’s romantic interest in targets of varying income (low vs. high) and attractiveness (typical vs. high) using a controlled laboratory method where both men and women evaluated a profile of a potential romantic partner. The results of both studies supported my hypotheses. This research provides insight into the complicated nature of a woman’s financial resources as part of her overall mate-value. | en_US |
| dc.description.embargo | 2019-06-30 | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/7008 | |
| dc.language | English | eng |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ | * |
| dc.subject | mate preferences | en_US |
| dc.subject | gender roles | en_US |
| dc.subject | person perception | en_US |
| dc.subject | attraction | en_US |
| dc.subject | impression formation | en_US |
| dc.subject | stereotypes | en_US |
| dc.subject | financial resources | en_US |
| dc.subject | income | en_US |
| dc.subject | physical attractiveness | en_US |
| dc.subject | romantic relationships | en_US |
| dc.subject | mate selection | en_US |
| dc.title | For Richer or For Poorer: How Financial Resources Affect Women’s Mate-Value | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |