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

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6

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