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Parental choice: What parents want in a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law across 67 pre-industrial societies

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Parents are influential over mate choice, and in most human societies they choose
spouses for their offspring according to their own preferences. However, surprising
little is known about the qualities which make a woman desirable as a daughter-in-law
and a man desirable as a son-in-law. Using evidence from 67 societies such traits are
identified and three hypotheses are tested: first, the hypothesis is tested that parents
desire in an in-law qualities which are beneficial to them and their kin. Second, it is
hypothesized that such preferences are contingent upon the sex of the in-law, as traits
are weighted differently in a daughter-in-law and in a son-in-law. The third hypothesis
tested is that parental preferences vary according to the subsistence type of a given
society, as traits are valued differently in agropastoral societies and foraging societies.
The evidence presented here provides support for all three hypotheses.

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Judul Seri

The British Psychological SocietyN

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

England : British Psychological Society., 2010

Deskripsi Fisik

British Journal of Psychology (2010), 101, 695-704

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0007-1269

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Subjek

PSIKOLOGI

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