The Influence of Father Presence on Daughter's Mate Preference: The Moderating Effect of of Maternal Attitude
AN Ye-qing QI Shi-san ZENG Xiao-ye
(School of Psychology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Key research base of psychological education in Inner Mongolia Colleges and Universities, Hohhot 010022, China)
Abstract:With the hot discussion of "late marriage and non marriage" and "low fertility crisis", women's mate preference has attracted our attention. This study adopts the usage of both questionnaire methodology and experimental methodology to investigate the influence of father presence on daughter's mate preference and the moderating effect of maternal attitude. Results: (1) Father presence will affect the daughter's mate preference, the higher the level of father presence, the more the daughter prefers the men who looks similar to her father; (2) The maternal attitude plays a moderating effect in the influence of father presence on daughter's mate preference. The more positive the maternal attitude, the more significant the positive predictive effect of the father presence on daughter's mate preference. This study is of great significance to guide women's mate preference and improve marriage and fertility rates.
安叶青,七十三, 曾小叶. 父亲在位对女儿择偶偏好的影响: 母亲态度的调节作用[J]. 应用心理学, 2023, 29(3): 208-215.
AN Ye-qing, QI Shi-san, ZENG Xiao-ye. The Influence of Father Presence on Daughter's Mate Preference: The Moderating Effect of of Maternal Attitude. 应用心理学, 2023, 29(3): 208-215.