Mate poaching has long been described as an intrasexually competitive tactic for acquiring new mating opportunities (Buss, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54 (4), 616–628, 1988 ); one that confers increased risk or rejection, retaliation, or reputational damage, and thus should be most successful when implemented by those who are most desirable to members of the opposite sex. From this perspective, mate poaching should be predicted by trait differences in intrasexual competitiveness, and this link should be moderated by one’s own mate value as an index of the ability to succeed in poaching efforts and to bear the burden of the associated risks. Undergraduate men and women ( N = 292) completed measures of intrasexual competitiveness, mate value, and mate poaching (successful and unsuccessful). Results showed that intrasexual competitiveness predicted a greater number of both successful and unsuccessful poaching attempts. Mate value moderated this relationship for successful, but not unsuccessful, mate poaching, such that individuals who were both intrasexually competitive and high in mate value reported the greatest success. Results suggest that mate poaching is an intrasexually competitive mating tactic; the success of which depends in part upon the mate value of the perpetrator.

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伴侣价值调节了男性间的竞争能力与成功的伴侣偷猎之间的关系

长期以来，伴侣偷猎被描述为获得新的交配机会的一种内在竞争策略（Buss，Journal of Personality and Social Psychology，54（4），616-628，1988）；赋予更大的风险或拒绝，报复或名誉损害的权利，因此，如果由异性成员最渴望的人实施，则应该是最成功的。从这个角度来看，偷猎应该通过两性竞争中的特质差异来预测，而这种联系应该以自己的伴侣价值来缓和，该价值是成功偷猎努力和承受相关风险负担的能力的指标。男女大学生（N = 292）完成了对性竞争能力，伴侣价值和伴侣偷猎（成功与失败）的测量。结果表明，性竞争能力预示着更多的成功和不成功的偷猎尝试。伴侣价值为成功但不是失败的伴侣偷猎而缓和了这种关系，因此既具有内在竞争能力又具有很高伴侣价值的人取得了最大的成功。结果表明，伴侣偷猎是一种内部竞争性的交配策略。成功与否部分取决于犯罪者的配合价值。结果表明，伴侣偷猎是一种内部竞争性的交配策略。成功与否部分取决于犯罪者的配合价值。结果表明，伴侣偷猎是一种内部竞争性的交配策略。成功与否部分取决于犯罪者的配合价值。