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Dishonest individuals request more frequent mate retention from friends
Author(s) -
PHAM MICHAEL N.,
BARBARO NICOLE,
NOSER AMY E.,
SELA YAEL,
SHACKELFORD TODD K.,
ZEIGLERHILL VIRGIL,
WEEGE BETTINA,
FINK BERNHARD
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/pere.12170
Subject(s) - conscientiousness , psychology , honesty , extraversion and introversion , social psychology , big five personality traits , personality
Coalitional mate retention ( CMR ) occurs when individuals request assistance from a friend to minimize the risk of partner infidelity. We secured reports from men and women in a committed, heterosexual relationship to investigate associations between CMR requests and the sex and personality traits of individuals who request CMR and the sex of their friends. Consistent with our hypothesis, individuals scoring higher in Honesty–Humility requested CMR less frequently. We also documented that individuals higher in Extraversion and lower in Conscientiousness requested CMR more frequently. We address limitations of the research and future research directions, including tests of the hypothesis that CMR involves duplicitous behaviors that are less typical of individual mate retention.