
Drinking high amounts of alcohol as a short-term mating strategy : the impact of short-term mating motivations on young adults’ drinking behavior
- Author
- Eveline Vincke (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- Previous research indicates that drinking large quantities of alcohol could function as a short-term mating strategy for young adults in mating situations. However, no study investigated whether this is actually the case. Therefore, in this paper, the link between short-term mating motivations and drinking high amounts of alcohol is tested. First, a survey study (N = 345) confirmed that young adults who engage in binge drinking are more short-term oriented in their mating strategy than young adults who never engage in binge drinking. Also, the more short-term oriented young adults were in their mating strategy, the more often binge drinking behavior was conducted. In addition, an experimental study (N = 229) empirically verified that short-term mating motivations increase young adults’ drinking behavior, more so than long-term mating motivations. Results of the experiment clearly showed that young men and young women are triggered to drink more alcoholic beverages in a short-term mating situation, compared to a long-term mating situation. Furthermore, the mating situation also affected young adults’ perception of drinking behavior. Young adults in a short-term mating context perceived a higher amount of alcoholic beverages as heavy drinking compared to peers in a long-term mating context. These findings confirm that a high alcohol consumption functions as a short-term mating strategy for both young men and young women. Insights gained from this paper might be of interest to institutions aimed at targeting youth alcohol (ab)use.
- Keywords
- Short-term mating strategy, Sexual signaling, Young adults, Risk-taking behavior, Binge drinking
Downloads
-
(...).pdf
- full text
- |
- UGent only
- |
- |
- 321.10 KB
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8528864
- MLA
- Vincke, Eveline. “Drinking High Amounts of Alcohol as a Short-Term Mating Strategy : The Impact of Short-Term Mating Motivations on Young Adults’ Drinking Behavior.” EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 15, no. 2, SAGE Publications, 2017, pp. 1–14, doi:10.1177/1474704917707073.
- APA
- Vincke, E. (2017). Drinking high amounts of alcohol as a short-term mating strategy : the impact of short-term mating motivations on young adults’ drinking behavior. EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY, 15(2), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704917707073
- Chicago author-date
- Vincke, Eveline. 2017. “Drinking High Amounts of Alcohol as a Short-Term Mating Strategy : The Impact of Short-Term Mating Motivations on Young Adults’ Drinking Behavior.” EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 15 (2): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704917707073.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Vincke, Eveline. 2017. “Drinking High Amounts of Alcohol as a Short-Term Mating Strategy : The Impact of Short-Term Mating Motivations on Young Adults’ Drinking Behavior.” EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 15 (2): 1–14. doi:10.1177/1474704917707073.
- Vancouver
- 1.Vincke E. Drinking high amounts of alcohol as a short-term mating strategy : the impact of short-term mating motivations on young adults’ drinking behavior. EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY. 2017;15(2):1–14.
- IEEE
- [1]E. Vincke, “Drinking high amounts of alcohol as a short-term mating strategy : the impact of short-term mating motivations on young adults’ drinking behavior,” EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 1–14, 2017.
@article{8528864, abstract = {{Previous research indicates that drinking large quantities of alcohol could function as a short-term mating strategy for young adults in mating situations. However, no study investigated whether this is actually the case. Therefore, in this paper, the link between short-term mating motivations and drinking high amounts of alcohol is tested. First, a survey study (N = 345) confirmed that young adults who engage in binge drinking are more short-term oriented in their mating strategy than young adults who never engage in binge drinking. Also, the more short-term oriented young adults were in their mating strategy, the more often binge drinking behavior was conducted. In addition, an experimental study (N = 229) empirically verified that short-term mating motivations increase young adults’ drinking behavior, more so than long-term mating motivations. Results of the experiment clearly showed that young men and young women are triggered to drink more alcoholic beverages in a short-term mating situation, compared to a long-term mating situation. Furthermore, the mating situation also affected young adults’ perception of drinking behavior. Young adults in a short-term mating context perceived a higher amount of alcoholic beverages as heavy drinking compared to peers in a long-term mating context. These findings confirm that a high alcohol consumption functions as a short-term mating strategy for both young men and young women. Insights gained from this paper might be of interest to institutions aimed at targeting youth alcohol (ab)use.}}, author = {{Vincke, Eveline}}, issn = {{1474-7049}}, journal = {{EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY}}, keywords = {{Short-term mating strategy,Sexual signaling,Young adults,Risk-taking behavior,Binge drinking}}, language = {{eng}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{1--14}}, publisher = {{SAGE Publications}}, title = {{Drinking high amounts of alcohol as a short-term mating strategy : the impact of short-term mating motivations on young adults’ drinking behavior}}, url = {{http://doi.org/10.1177/1474704917707073}}, volume = {{15}}, year = {{2017}}, }
- Altmetric
- View in Altmetric
- Web of Science
- Times cited: