Effects of Humor Production, Humor Receptivity, and Physical Attractiveness on Partner Desirability.

Tornquist, Michelle ORCID: 0000-0002-2160-9662 and Chiappe, Dan (2015) Effects of Humor Production, Humor Receptivity, and Physical Attractiveness on Partner Desirability. Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior, 13 (4). 1474704915608744-.

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Abstract

This study examined women's and men's preferences for humor production and humor receptivity in long-term and short-term relationships, and how these factors interact with physical attractiveness to influence desirability. Undergraduates viewed photographs of the opposite sex individuals who were high or low in physical attractiveness, along with vignettes varying in humor production and receptivity. Participants rated physical attractiveness and desirability for long-term and short-term relationships. The main findings were that individuals desired partners who were high in humor production and receptivity, though the effects were particularly pronounced for women judging long-term relationships. Moreover, humor production was more important than receptivity for women's ratings of male desirability. Notably, we also found that ratings of physical attractiveness were influenced by the humor conditions. These results are discussed in terms of the fitness indicator, interest indicator, and encryption hypotheses of the evolutionary functions of humor.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	humor production, humor receptivity, mating preferences, physical attractiveness, sexual selection
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2019 15:43
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2024 22:27
DOI:	10.1177/1474704915608744
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3046276