Difficulties in finding mates may have broad consequences for well-being. Previous studies often assume that only personal characteristics or competition limits mating success without considering the impact of the social context. We developed and evaluated a questionnaire for measuring context-dependent mate access by surveying 528 Finnish adults. We found support for our hypothesized two-factor structure divided into preferred encounters (i.e., the amount of interactions the individual has with potential mates) and perceived possibilities (i.e., the individual’s perception of their mating opportunities). We also investigated the relationship between these factors and respondents’ social context, negative affect regarding poor mate access, mate value, and sociosexual desire. Individuals in more sociable contexts reported higher mate access, and individuals with less perceived possibilities reported more negative affect. Theoretical associations with mate value and sociosexual desire were supported. The current scale can be used along existing measures to study human mating and its psycho-behavioral correlates.

寻找伴侣的困难可能会对幸福感产生广泛的影响。先前的研究通常假设只有个人特征或竞争限制了交配成功，而不考虑社会背景的影响。我们通过对 528 名芬兰成年人进行调查，制定并评估了一份用于衡量与情境相关的择偶机会的调查问卷。我们发现支持我们假设的双因素结构，分为偏好的遭遇（即个体与潜在伴侣的互动量）和感知的可能性（即个体对其交配机会的感知）。我们还调查了这些因素与受访者的社会背景、不良择偶机会的负面影响、择偶价值和社会性欲之间的关系。处于更社交环境中的个体报告了更高的择偶机会，而感知可能性较小的个体报告了更多的负面影响。与配偶价值和社会性欲的理论关联得到了支持。当前的量表可以与现有的测量方法一起使用来研究人类交配及其心理行为相关性。