An important aspect of human mating is to appeal to prospective mates. Accordingly, the current research attempted to identify the strategies that people use in order to become more attractive as prospective intimate partners. More specifically, using open-ended questionnaires in a sample of 326 Greek-speaking participants, we identified 87 acts that people performed in order to become more attractive as mates. By using quantitative research methods in a sample of 2,197 Greek-speaking participants, we classified these acts into 16 different strategies. We found that, enhancing one's looks and becoming more pleasant, were among the most preferred strategies. Women were more likely than men to adopt strategies that involved looks, while men were more likely than women to adopt strategies that involved resource acquisition capacity. Moreover, age effects were found for most strategies. The identified strategies were classified into two broader domains, one aiming to develop and demonstrate fitness-increasing qualities, and the other to deceive about fitness-impairing traits.

人类交配的一个重要方面是吸引未来的伴侣。因此，当前的研究试图确定人们为了成为未来的亲密伴侣而变得更具吸引力而使用的策略。更具体地说，我们通过对 326 名希腊语参与者进行开放式问卷调查，确定了人们为了变得更具吸引力而采取的 87 种行为。通过对 2,197 名希腊语参与者进行定量研究，我们将这些行为分为 16 种不同的策略。我们发现，改善容貌和变得更加愉快是最受欢迎的策略之一。女性比男性更有可能采取涉及外表的策略，而男性比女性更有可能采取涉及资源获取能力的策略。此外，大多数策略都存在年龄效应。确定的策略分为两个更广泛的领域，一个旨在发展和展示增强健康的品质，另一个旨在欺骗损害健康的特征。