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Sexual strategies theory: an evolutionary perspective on human mating

Buss, David M., Schmitt, David P.·1993·Psychological Review

DOI 10.1037/0033-295x.100.2.204

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This article proposes a contextual-evolutionary theory of human mating strategies. Both men and women are hypothesized to have evolved distinct psychological mechanisms that underlie short-term and long-term strategies. Men and women confront different adaptive problems in short-term as opposed to long-term mating contexts. Consequently, different mate preferences become activated from their strategic repertoires. Nine key hypotheses and 22 predictions from Sexual Strategies Theory are outlined and tested empirically. Adaptive problems sensitive to context include sexual accessibility, fertility assessment, commitment seeking and avoidance, immediate and enduring resource procurement, paternity certainty, assessment of mate value, and parental investment. Discussion summarizes 6 additional sources of behavioral data, outlines adaptive problems common to both sexes, and suggests additional contexts likely to cause shifts in mating strategy.

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Authors: Buss, D. M., & Schmitt, D. P.
Affiliations: University of Michigan (US)
ORCID: Buss, David M.
Schmitt, David P.
Venue: Psychological Review
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 1993
Volume: 100
Issue: 2
Pages: 204-232
ISSN: 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
1939-1471
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295x.100.2.204
OpenAlex: W1971871412
Cited by: 4,253
References: 87
Citations by year: 2026: 98 · 2025: 97 · 2024: 127 · 2023: 210 · 2022: 178 · 2021: 240 · 2020: 323 · 2019: 221 · 2018: 216 · 2017: 172 · 2016: 195 · 2015: 234 · 2014: 197 · 2013: 179 · 2012: 182
FWCI: 63.75
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health (5r01mh044206-03)
National Institute of Mental Health (MH44206)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Keywords: sexual strategies theory, human mating strategies, short-term mating, long-term mating, mate preferences, fertility assessment, commitment, resource procurement, paternity certainty, mate value, parental investment, sex differences, evolutionary psychology
MeSH terms: Biological Evolution, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Male, Problem Solving, Sexual Behavior, Social Environment, Social Values, Parenting

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Sexual strategies theory: an evolutionary perspective on human mating

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