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Mating Performance and Singlehood Across 14 Nations.

ABSTRACT: Adult individuals frequently face difficulties in attracting and keeping mates, which is an important driver of singlehood. In the current research, we investigated the mating performance (i.e., how well people do in attracting and retaining intimate partners) and singlehood status in 14 different countries, namely Austria, Brazil, China, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, the UK, and Ukraine (N = 7,181). We found that poor mating performance was in high occurrence, with about one in four participants scoring low in this dimension, and more than 57% facing difficulties in starting and/or keeping a relationship. Men and women did not differ in their mating performance scores, but there was a small yet significant effect of age, with older participants indicating higher mating performance. Moreover, nearly 13% of the participants indicated that they were involuntarily single, which accounted for about one-third of the singles in the sample. In addition, more than 15% of the participants indicated that they were voluntarily single, and 10% were between-relationships single. We also found that poor mating performance was associated with an increased likelihood of voluntary, involuntary, and between-relationships singlehood. All types of singlehood were in higher occurrence in younger participants. Although there was some cross-cultural variation, the results were generally consistent across samples.

SUBMITTER: Apostolou M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10355298 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mating Performance and Singlehood Across 14 Nations.

Apostolou Menelaos M Sullman Mark M Birkás Béla B Błachnio Agata A Bushina Ekaterina E Calvo Fran F Costello William W Dujlovic Tanja T Hill Tetiana T Lajunen Timo Juhani TJ Lisun Yanina Y Manrique-Millones Denisse D Manrique-Pino Oscar O Meskó Norbert N Nechtelberger Martin M Ohtsubo Yohsuke Y Ollhoff Christian Kenji CK Przepiórka Aneta A Putz Ádám Á Tagliabue Mariaelena M Tekeş Burcu B Thomas Andrew A Valentova Jaroslava Varella JV Varella Marco Antonio Correa MAC Wang Yan Y Wright Paula P Font-Mayolas Sílvia S

Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior 20230101 1

Adult individuals frequently face difficulties in attracting and keeping mates, which is an important driver of singlehood. In the current research, we investigated the mating performance (i.e., how well people do in attracting and retaining intimate partners) and singlehood status in 14 different countries, namely Austria, Brazil, China, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, the UK, and Ukraine (<i>N</i> = 7,181). We found that poor mating performance was in high o ...[more]

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Mating Performance and Singlehood Across 14 Nations.

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