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- Title
Mate guarding and parental influence on mate choice.
- Authors
BUUNK, ABRAHAM P.; SOLANO, ALEJANDRO CASTRO
- Abstract
The hypothesis that the degree to which parents control the mate choice of their children may explain differences in mate guarding across and within cultures was tested. Study 1, in a sample of 80 students from 30 different countries studying in The Netherlands, showed that the perceived level of parental influence on mate choice in a culture was associated with more mate guarding reported by individuals from that culture. Study 2, in a sample of 242 Argentinean individuals, showed that individuals who were more in favor of parental influence on mate choice did report more mate guarding. The effects remained intact when controlling for potentially confounding variables.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL influences; GUARDIAN &; ward; INTERPERSONAL relations; PARENT-child relationships
- Publication
Personal Relationships, 2012, Vol 19, Issue 1, p103
- ISSN
1350-4126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01342.x