Mate preferences and their behavioral manifestations

DM Buss, DP Schmitt - Annual review of psychology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Evolved mate preferences comprise a central causal process in Darwin's theory of sexual
selection. Their powerful influences have been documented in all sexually reproducing …

An evolutionary perspective on appearance enhancement behavior

AC Davis, S Arnocky - Archives of sexual behavior, 2022 - Springer
Researchers have highlighted numerous sociocultural factors that have been shown to
underpin human appearance enhancement practices, including the influence of peers …

Open relationships, nonconsensual nonmonogamy, and monogamy among US adults: Findings from the 2012 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior

EC Levine, D Herbenick, O Martinez, TC Fu… - Archives of sexual …, 2018 - Springer
People in open and other consensually nonmonogamous partnerships have been
historically underserved by researchers and providers. Many studies group such …

Investigation of consensually nonmonogamous relationships: Theories, methods, and new directions

TD Conley, JL Matsick, AC Moors… - Perspectives on …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
We proposed that the premise that monogamy is the exemplary form of romantic partnership
underlies much theory and research on relationship quality, and we addressed how this bias …

Sex drive: Theoretical conceptualization and meta-analytic review of gender differences.

J Frankenbach, M Weber, DD Loschelder… - Psychological …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Few spheres in life are as universally relevant for (almost) all individuals past puberty as
sexuality. One important aspect of sexuality concerns individuals' sex drive—their …

Jealousy, consent, and compersion within monogamous and consensually non-monogamous romantic relationships

JK Mogilski, SD Reeve, SCA Nicolas… - Archives of Sexual …, 2019 - Springer
Evolutionary psychological research has studied romantic jealousy extensively within
monogamous relationships, but has largely ignored jealousy among partners who mutually …

Desire, familiarity, and engagement in polyamory: Results from a national sample of single adults in the United States

AC Moors, AN Gesselman, JR Garcia - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coupledom and notions of intimacy and family formation with one committed partner are
hallmarks of family and relationship science. Recent national surveys in the United States …

Open relationship prevalence, characteristics, and correlates in a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults

N Fairbrother, TA Hart, M Fairbrother - The Journal of Sex …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Open relationships are those in which individuals agree to participate in sexual and/or
emotional and romantic interactions with more than one partner. Accurate estimates of the …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptions of primary and secondary relationships in polyamory

RN Balzarini, L Campbell, T Kohut, BM Holmes… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
In consensually non-monogamous relationships there is an open agreement that one, both,
or all individuals involved in a romantic relationship may also have other sexual and/or …

Exploring minority stress and resilience in a polyamorous sample

RG Witherspoon, PS Theodore - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2021 - Springer
Polyamory is a type of consensual non-monogamy (CNM) in which participants engage in
multiple simultaneous romantic and often sexual relationships with the knowledge and …