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Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery As Part of Women’s Benefit-Provisioning Mate Retention Strategy
Individuals perform mate retention behaviors to minimize the risk of partner infidelity and relationship dissolution. The current study investigates whether consideration of cosmetic surgery can be conceptualized as part of a broader strategy of mate retention for women, but not men. We hypothesized...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557785/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28855884 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01389 |
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author | Atari, Mohammad Barbaro, Nicole Sela, Yael Shackelford, Todd K. Chegeni, Razieh |
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description | Individuals perform mate retention behaviors to minimize the risk of partner infidelity and relationship dissolution. The current study investigates whether consideration of cosmetic surgery can be conceptualized as part of a broader strategy of mate retention for women, but not men. We hypothesized that women’s consideration of cosmetic surgery would be positively associated with performance frequencies of Benefit-Provisioning and Cost-Inflicting mate retention behaviors. We recruited 203 individuals (54% women) in committed heterosexual relationships from Tehran, Iran. Results indicate a positive association between consideration of cosmetic surgery and Benefit-Provisioning mate retention behaviors for women, but not men. There was no association between consideration of cosmetic surgery and Cost-Inflicting mate retention behaviors. Women therefore may consider cosmetic surgery to improve their physical attractiveness as part of a Benefit-Provisioning strategy to retain a long-term mate. We discuss limitations of the study and highlight future directions for research from an evolutionary perspective. |
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spelling | pubmed-55577852017-08-30 Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery As Part of Women’s Benefit-Provisioning Mate Retention Strategy Atari, Mohammad Barbaro, Nicole Sela, Yael Shackelford, Todd K. Chegeni, Razieh Front Psychol Psychology Individuals perform mate retention behaviors to minimize the risk of partner infidelity and relationship dissolution. The current study investigates whether consideration of cosmetic surgery can be conceptualized as part of a broader strategy of mate retention for women, but not men. We hypothesized that women’s consideration of cosmetic surgery would be positively associated with performance frequencies of Benefit-Provisioning and Cost-Inflicting mate retention behaviors. We recruited 203 individuals (54% women) in committed heterosexual relationships from Tehran, Iran. Results indicate a positive association between consideration of cosmetic surgery and Benefit-Provisioning mate retention behaviors for women, but not men. There was no association between consideration of cosmetic surgery and Cost-Inflicting mate retention behaviors. Women therefore may consider cosmetic surgery to improve their physical attractiveness as part of a Benefit-Provisioning strategy to retain a long-term mate. We discuss limitations of the study and highlight future directions for research from an evolutionary perspective. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5557785/ /pubmed/28855884 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01389 Text en Copyright © 2017 Atari, Barbaro, Sela, Shackelford and Chegeni. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Atari, Mohammad Barbaro, Nicole Sela, Yael Shackelford, Todd K. Chegeni, Razieh Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery As Part of Women’s Benefit-Provisioning Mate Retention Strategy |
title | Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery As Part of Women’s Benefit-Provisioning Mate Retention Strategy |
title_full | Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery As Part of Women’s Benefit-Provisioning Mate Retention Strategy |
title_fullStr | Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery As Part of Women’s Benefit-Provisioning Mate Retention Strategy |
title_full_unstemmed | Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery As Part of Women’s Benefit-Provisioning Mate Retention Strategy |
title_short | Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery As Part of Women’s Benefit-Provisioning Mate Retention Strategy |
title_sort | consideration of cosmetic surgery as part of women’s benefit-provisioning mate retention strategy |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557785/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28855884 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01389 |
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