Open AccessThe Effect of Individual Differences and Manipulated Life Expectancies on the Willingness to Engage in Sexual Coercion
Author(s) -
Curtis S. Dunkel,
Eugene W. Mathes
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
evolutionary psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 1474-7049
DOI - 10.1177/147470491100900409
Subject(s) - psychology , coercion (linguistics) , social psychology , willingness to accept , mating , expectancy theory , life expectancy , life history theory , term (time) , sexual coercion , developmental psychology , willingness to pay , life history , poison control , demography , human factors and ergonomics , ecology , sociology , population , philosophy , linguistics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , medicine , physics , economics , biology , microeconomics
The role of the individual difference variables of mate value, short-term and long-term mating preferences, and life history strategy along with the manipulated variable of life expectancy were used to predict differences in the willingness to engage in sexually coercive behaviors. Short-term preferences and long-term preferences were correlated with the willingness to engage in sexual coercion at all life expectancies. Life history strategy was correlated with the willingness to engage in sexual coercion at only the shortest and longest life expectancies. Most importantly short-term and long-term mating preferences interacted with life expectancy to predict the willingness to engage in sexually coercive behaviors. Short life expectancies increased willingness in individuals with high short-term and low long-term preferences. The results are discussed in terms of the varying theories of sexual coercion with emphasis put on a life history approach