Objective

Trait mate value covaries with several socio-political attitudes. One’s dating popularity in a mating market can, however, shift one’s self-perceived mate value in that market. We tested whether dating popularity could therefore also shift socio-political attitudes, and whether trait mate value could moderate this effect.

Method

Heterosexual participants (N = 237) reported their trait mate value. Participants then recorded a video of themselves and received video responses from five opposite-sex peers, each consisting of either positive or negative romantic feedback—forming the manipulation (popularity: from low to high). Afterwards, we measured participants’ attitudes to traditional gender roles, casual sex, minimum wage and healthcare, and implicit sexual and political attitudes.

Results

Unpopular men reported less support for casual sex than popular men. There was no main effect on women. Unpopular men had lower positive affect than popular men, and in turn men with lower positive affect reported less support for casual sex and for increasing the minimum wage and access to healthcare than men with higher positive affect. Unpopular low mate-value women reported more support for casual sex than popular low mate-value women. Unpopular men of low and average mate value reported less support for casual sex than popular men of low and average mate value. There was no effect on average mate-value women and high mate-value women and men.

Conclusions

Changes in positive affect due to dating popularity influence some of men’s, but not women’s, socio-political attitudes, and trait mate value moderates the effects of popularity on attitudes to casual sex.

中文翻译：

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由于实验性约会环境中的受欢迎程度而导致的积极影响的变化会影响一些男性的社会政治态度，但不会影响女性的社会政治态度

客观的

特质伴侣价值与几种社会政治态度共变。然而，一个人在交配市场上的约会受欢迎程度会改变一个人在该市场上对配偶的自我认知。我们测试了约会流行度是否也会因此改变社会政治态度，以及特质配偶价值是否可以缓和这种影响。

方法

异性恋参与者 ( N  = 237) 报告了他们的特质伴侣价值。然后，参与者录制了自己的视频，并收到了来自五个异性同伴的视频回复，每个都由正面或负面的浪漫反馈组成——形成操纵（受欢迎程度：从低到高）。之后，我们测量了参与者对传统性别角色、随意性行为、最低工资和医疗保健以及隐含的性和政治态度的态度。

结果

与受欢迎的男性相比，不受欢迎的男性对随意性行为的支持更少。对女性没有主要影响。不受欢迎的男性比受欢迎的男性具有较低的积极影响，反过来，具有较低积极影响的男性报告对随意性行为以及提高最低工资和获得医疗保健的支持少于具有较高积极影响的男性。不受欢迎的低伴侣价值女性比受欢迎的低伴侣价值女性更支持随意性行为。不受欢迎的低和平均配偶价值男性比受欢迎的低和平均配偶价值男性报告对随意性行为的支持更少。对平均伴侣价值的女性和高伴侣价值的女性和男性没有影响。

结论

由于约会受欢迎程度而导致的积极影响的变化会影响一些男性的社会政治态度，但不会影响女性的社会政治态度，而特质伴侣价值会缓和受欢迎程度对随意性行为的态度的影响。