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Drinking high amounts of alcohol as a short-term mating strategy : the impact of short-term mating motivations on young adults’ drinking behavior

Eveline Vincke (UGent)
(2017) EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY. 15(2). p.1-14
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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.
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Short-term mating strategy, Sexual signaling, Young adults, Risk-taking behavior, Binge drinking

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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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  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://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474704917707073}},
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