Prior findings suggest that short-term mating motives influence individuals' economic behaviors. However, the effect of long-term mating motives remains unclear. To address this ambiguity, in the current study we examined how priming different mating motives influenced intertemporal discounting, with a primary focus on the role of construal level (N = 240). To do so, we experimentally manipulated participants' mating motives. Our findings were three-fold. First, men who were primed with a long-term mating motive showed reduced intertemporal discounting, whereas women did not show this effect. Second, individuals who were primed with a long-term mating motive showed increased saving willingness as compared to those in the short-term priming condition. Third, construal level mediated the effect of mating motive on a shift in an individual's preference between a smaller, sooner reward and a larger, later reward.

先前的研究结果表明，短期的交配动机会影响个人的经济行为。然而，长期交配动机的影响仍不清楚。为了解决这种歧义，在当前的研究中，我们研究了不同的交配动机如何影响跨期贴现，主要关注解释水平（N = 240）。为此，我们通过实验操纵了参与者的交配动机。我们的发现是三重的。首先，具有长期交配动机的男性表现出减少的跨期贴现，而女性则没有表现出这种影响。其次，与短期启动条件下的个体相比，具有长期交配动机的个体表现出更高的储蓄意愿。第三，解释水平介导了交配动机对个体偏好在较小的、较早的奖励和较大的、较晚的奖励之间转变的影响。