10.25384/SAGE.C.6369742
Menelaos Apostolou
Menelaos
Apostolou
Mark Sullman
Mark
Sullman
Béla Birkás
Béla
Birkás
Agata Błachnio
Agata
Błachnio
Ekaterina Bushina
Ekaterina
Bushina
Fran Calvo
Fran
Calvo
William Costello
William
Costello
Tanja Dujlovic
Tanja
Dujlovic
Tetiana Hill
Tetiana
Hill
Timo Juhani Lajunen
Timo Juhani
Lajunen
Yanina Lisun
Yanina
Lisun
Denisse Manrique-Millones
Denisse
Manrique-Millones
Oscar Manrique-Pino
Oscar
Manrique-Pino
Norbert Meskó
Norbert
Meskó
Martin Nechtelberger
Martin
Nechtelberger
Yohsuke Ohtsubo
Yohsuke
Ohtsubo
Christian Kenji Ollhoff
Christian Kenji
Ollhoff
Aneta Przepiórka
Aneta
Przepiórka
Ádám Putz
Ádám
Putz
Mariaelena Tagliabue
Mariaelena
Tagliabue
Burcu Tekeş
Burcu
Tekeş
Andrew Thomas
Andrew
Thomas
Jaroslava Varella Valentova
Jaroslava Varella
Valentova
Marco Antonio Correa Varella
Marco Antonio Correa
Varella
Yan Wang
Yan
Wang
Paula Wright
Paula
Wright
Sílvia Font-Mayolas
Sílvia
Font-Mayolas
Mating Performance and Singlehood
Across 14 Nations
<div><p>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 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.</p></div>
Anthropology
Psychology not elsewhere classified
SAGE Journals
2023
2023-01-05
2023-01-05
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