The relationships between personality traits and mate selection strategies of Turkish young adults

Keldal G.

CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, cilt.41, sa.8, ss.5258-5263, 2022 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 41 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s12144-020-01044-0
  • Dergi Adı: CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, BIOSIS, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.5258-5263
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Mate selection, Mate selection strategies, Personality, Personality traits, Canonical correlation, DARK TRIAD, PREFERENCES
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aimed to examine the relationships between five-factor personality traits and mate selection strategies. The participants consisted of 377 university students, aged 19-29, who had never been married. The data were collected by means of an Adjective Based Personality Test and an Inventory of Mate Selection Strategies. Canonical correlation technique was employed for data analysis. As a result of this, it was decided to evaluate the first canonical function. This evaluation revealed that individuals with a high level of conscientiousness and a low level of neuroticism and openness to experience attached importance to virginity, as well as to religious and political similarities. Thus, it was found that there were significant relationships between five-factor personality traits and mate selection strategies.