Why people prefer to be single: Sociosexuality, Dark Triad, and career focus effects. (October 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Why people prefer to be single: Sociosexuality, Dark Triad, and career focus effects. (October 2022)
- Main Title:
- Why people prefer to be single: Sociosexuality, Dark Triad, and career focus effects
- Authors:
- Apostolou, Menelaos
Patsiarika, Georgia - Abstract:
- Abstract: Although most people look for and eventually find long-term mates, many opt out from the mating market, preferring to be single instead. The current research aimed to identify some of the factors which are likely to be associated with increased likelihood to be voluntarily single. More specifically, we examined the effects of sociosexuality, Dark Triad, and career focus on relationships status. Our results indicated that men and women who tended toward unrestricted sociosexuality and who scored higher in the Dark Triad, were more likely to prefer to be single than in an intimate relationship. We also found a three-way interaction between career focus, sex and age. In particular, higher career focus was associated with higher probability to be voluntarily single than in an intimate relationship, among younger than older women. The implications of these findings for understanding singlehood were further discussed. Highlights: Finds that sociosexuality predicts voluntary singlehood. Finds that the Dark Triad predicts voluntary singlehood. Finds a three-way interaction between career focus, sex and age on singlehood status
- Is Part Of:
- Personality and individual differences. Volume 196(2022)
- Journal:
- Personality and individual differences
- Issue:
- Volume 196(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 196, Issue 2022 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 196
- Issue:
- 2022
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0196-2022-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2022-10
- Subjects:
- Singlehood -- Voluntary singlehood -- Dark Triad -- Sociosexuality -- Career focus
Personality -- Periodicals
Individuality -- Periodicals
Individuality -- Periodicals
Personality Development -- Periodicals
Personnalité -- Périodiques
Individualité -- Périodiques
155.205 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01918869 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111746 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0191-8869
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- Legaldeposit
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