This post includes a bibliography of studies that serves as the references for posts I do about research on heterosexual attraction and mating preferences, and links to my posts on these subjects. There are 18 studies on this list so far, and I will add more as I find them. I’ve found links to some of them, though journal access might be required. If you want to know more about how these studies were designed or what they found, let me know.
Posts on heterosexual attraction
- Do Women Like Manly Men? (introduction to the subject of mating preferences)
- Research on Female Preferences in Men (big post summarizing the research)
- How True are Stereotypes About What Women Want? (synthesis of research)
- Are Women Attracted to Masculinity in Men? (more synthesis)
- Do Women Know What They Want?
- Do Nice Guys Finish Last?
- Do Men or Women Have Fantasies of Dominance and Submission? and Do Men or Women Have Fantasies of Dominance and Submission: the Results
References
Berry, D.S. & Miller, K.M. (2001). When boy meets girl: Attractiveness and the five-factor model in opposite-sex interactions. Journal of Research in Personality, 35, 62–77.
Botwin, M. D., Buss, D. M., & Shackelford, T. K. (1997). Personality and mate preferences: Five factors in mate selection and marital satisfaction. Journal of Personality, 65, 107–136.
Bogaert, A. F., & Fisher, W. A. (1995). Predictors of university men’s number of sexual partners. Journal of Sex Research, 32, 119–130.
Burger, J. M. & Mica, C. (1999). Do women prefer dominant men? The case of the missing control condition. Journal of Research in Personality 33, 358–368.
Cunningham, M. R., Barbee, A. P., & Pike, C. L. (1990). What do women want? Facial metric assessment of multiple motives in the perception of male physical attractiveness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 61–72.
Desrochers, S. (1995). What types of men are most attractive and most repulsive to women. Sex Roles, 32, 375-391.
Gangestad, S. W. (2004). Women’s preferences for male behavioral displays change across the menstrual cycle. Psychological Science, 15,
203–206.
Gutierres, S. E., Kenrick, D. T. & Partch, J. J. (1999). Beauty, dominance, and the mating game: Contrast effects in self-assessment reflect gender differences in mate selection. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1126-1134.
Herold, E. S. & Milhausen, R. R. (1999). Dating preferences of university women: An analysis of the nice guy stereotype. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 25, 333-343.
Jensen-Campbell, L. A., Graziano, W. G., & West, S. G. (1995). Dominance, prosocial orientation, and female preferences: Do nice guys really finish last? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 427–440.
Kenrick, D. T., Neuberg, S. L., Zierk, K. L. & Krones, J. M. (1994). Evolution and social cognition: Contrast effects as a function of sex, dominance, and physical attractiveness. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 20, 210-217.
Kimmel, Michael S. and Plante, Rebecca F. (2004). Sexualities. NY: Oxford University Press.
Puts, D. A. (2006). Cyclic variation in women’s preferences for masculine traits: potential hormonal causes. Human Nature, 17, 114–127.
Regan, P. C. (1998). Minimum mate selection standards as a function of perceived mate value, relationship context, and gender. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 10, 53–73.
Regan, P. C., & Berscheid, E. (1997). Gender differences in characterist ics desired in a potent ial sexual and marriage partner. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 9, 25–37.
Sadalla, E. K., Kenrick, D. T., & Vershure, B. (1987). Dominance and heterosexual attraction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 730–738.
Sanchez, D. T., Kiefer, A. K., & Ybarra, O. (2006). Sexual submissiveness in
women: Costs for sexual autonomy and arousal. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 32, 512-524.
Urbaniak, G. C., & Kilmann, P. R. (2006). Niceness and dating success: A further test of the nice guy stereotype. Sex Roles, 55, 209-224.
Zurbriggen, E. L., & Yost, M. (2004). Power, desire, and pleasure in
sexual fantasies. Journal of Sex Research, 41, 288-300.
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