Big Five Traits Related to Short-Term Mating: From Personality to Promiscuity across 46 Nations

As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, 13,243 participants from 46 nations responded to self-report measures of personality and mating behavior. Several traits showed consistent links with short-term mating. Extraversion positively correlated with interest in short-term mating,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David P. Schmitt, Todd K. Shackelford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-04-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490800600204