title: Above and beyond short-term mating, long-term mating is uniquely tied to human personality.
abstract: To what extent are personality traits and sexual strategies linked? The literature does not provide a clear answer, as it is based on the Sociosexuality model, a one-dimensional model that fails to measure long-term mating (LTM). An improved two-dimensional model separately assesses long-term and short-term mating (STM; Jackson and Kirkpatrick, 2007). In this paper, we link this two-dimensional model to an array of personality traits (Big 5, Dark Triad, and Schizoid Personality). We collected data from different sources (targets and peers; Study 1), and from different nations (United States, Study 1; India, Study 2). We demonstrate for the first time that, above and beyond STM, LTM captures variation in personality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Holtzman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Strube
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010379:Peer Group; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012557:Schizoid Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D057566:Self Report; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012919:Social Behavior; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States