A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most masculine of them all? The Dark Triad, masculinity, and women's mate choice




AuthorsMinna T. Lyons, Urszula M. Marcinkowska, Samuli Helle, Laura McGrath

PublisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Publication year2015

JournalPersonality and Individual Differences

Journal name in sourcePERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

Journal acronymPERS INDIV DIFFER

Volume74

First page 153

Last page158

Number of pages6

ISSN0191-8869

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.020(external)


Abstract

Although the Dark Triad of personality (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) has been researched widely, few studies have looked at women's preferences for men who are high and low in Dark Triad. Further, it is not clear what the relationships between the Dark Triad and facial masculinity are. We investigated female preference for computer manipulated Dark Triad male faces in two on-line studies (Study 1: n = 125; Study 2: n = 1633). We found that women rated the high psychopathy and narcissistic faces the most masculine (Study 1). We also found that women showed a low preference for the high morphs in both long and short term relationships, and that preference for masculinity was correlated with a preference for narcissism (Study 2). We discuss the results in terms of male and female mating strategies.. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.




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