Buss’ mate choice theory

Bryan K. C. CHOY
Norman P. LI, Singapore Management University

Abstract

Duplicate record, see https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3738/ Buss and Schmitt’s (1993) sexual strategies theory (SST) is a predominant evolutionary framework for understanding human mate preferences. SST proposes that mate preferences represent coherent suites of psychological mechanisms that have evolved to solve adaptive problems faced by humans in the pursuit of short- and long-term relationships, are sex-differentiated, and are context-dependent.