Sociosexuality and sexual conflict in mating strategies
Publication Type
Encyclopaedia
Publication Date
6-2018
Abstract
Sociosexual orientation, or sociosexuality, is a construct reflecting an individual’s tendency to engage in casual, uncommitted sexual relationships. It is commonly measured by the Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI) (Simpson and Gangestad 1991), which measures both behavioral elements – past number of partners, predicted number of future partners, number of one-night stands, frequency of sexual fantasies – as well as attitudes toward engaging in casual, uncommitted sex.
Keywords
Error management theory, Mating strategies, Sex differences, Sexual conflict, Sociosexuality
Discipline
Gender and Sexuality | Social Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science
Editor
T. K. Shackelford, & V. Weekes-Shackelford
ISBN
9783319169996
Identifier
10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6
Publisher
Springer
City or Country
New York
Citation
MELIA, Nadhilla Velda and LI, Norman P., "Sociosexuality and sexual conflict in mating strategies" (2018). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 3001.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3001
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3001
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6