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　　标题：Studydiscoverswhatpeoplefind‘essential’inalongtermromanticpartner
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　　ChapmanUniversityhaspublishedresearchonwhatpeoplefinddesirableandessentialinalongtermpartnerbasedontwoofthelargestnationalstudiesofmatepreferenceseverconducted。Thisresearch，publishedinPersonalityandIndividualDifferences，supportsthelongheldbeliefthatpeoplewithdesirabletraitshaveastrongerbargaininghandandcanbemoreselectivewhenchoosingromanticpartners，butitalsochallengesothercommonlyheldmatingbeliefs。Thestudiesexaminedhowheterosexualmatepreferencesdifferedaccordingtoaperson’sgender，age，personalincome，educationandappearancesatisfaction。
　　Welookedattheextenttowhichattractivenessandresourcesare‘desirable’versus‘essential’tomenandwomenwhentheyarelookingforalongtermpartner，saidDavidFrederick，Ph。D。，assistantprofessorofpsychologyatChapmanUniversityandacoauthoronthestudy。We’veknownforalongtimethatmencaremoreaboutattractivenessinalongtermpartner，andwomencaremoreaboutresources。Intwonationaldatasets，wefoundthatgenderwasbyfarthestrongestpredictorofwhatpeoplewantinalongtermmate：itwasmoreimportantthanage，income，education，orconfidenceinappearance。
　　Wefoundthatalthoughmenhavestrongerpreferencesfora‘goodlooking’and‘slender’partner，menandwomencareequallyabouthavingapartnerwhoisspecificallyattractivetothem。Wealthiermenandpeoplewhoweremoreconfidentintheirappearancehadstrongerpreferencesforagoodlookingpartner，andoldermenandwomenplacedlessimportanceonlooksandincometraitswhenseekingalongtermpartner，continuedDr。Frederick。
　　Thestudytookamatingmarketapproachwhichisdefinedasheterosexualindividualscompetewithothersofthesamegendertomakebidstomembersoftheothergenderforthepurposesofsecuringaromanticpartner。Peoplewithdesirabletraitsareinapositiontobemoreselectiveaboutwhattheylookforinmate。Thematingmarketmetaphorcanbeextendedtoincludeadistinctionbetweenpartnernecessities（whatpeoplefindessentialinapartner）andpartnerluxuries（whatpeoplewouldprefertohaveinapartner，butcouldlivewithout）。
　　Herearesomeofthefindingsbrokendownbycategory：
　　GenderDifferences：Specifically，thestudyrevealedthatmenandwomendifferedinthepercentageindicating：
　　itwas‘desirableessential’thattheirpotentialpartnerwasgoodlooking（M92percentvs。W84percent），
　　hadaslenderbody（M80percentvs。W58percent），
　　hadasteadyincome（M74percentvs。W97percent），
　　andmadewillmakealotofmoney（M47percentvs。W69percent）。
　　Therewerealsogenderdifferencesinwhetheritwas‘veryimportantamusthave’thattheirpartnermadeatleastasmuchmoneyastheydo（M24percentvs。W46percent）andhadasuccessfulcareer（M33percentvs。W61percent），butnotinwhethertheirpartnerwasphysicallyattractivetothem（M40percentvs。W42percent）。
　　ConfidenceinPhysicalAttractiveness：Peoplewhoreportedgreatersatisfactionwiththeirownappearancedidnothavestrongerpreferencesforapartnerwhoisphysicallyattractivetothem，buttheydidreportstrongerpreferencesforpartnerswhoaregoodlookingandslenderthiswastrueforbothmenandwomen。
　　Income：Peoplewithhigherincomeshadstrongerpreferencesforpartnerswhoaregoodlookingandthiswastrueforbothmenandwomen。Menwithhigherincomesshowedstrongerpreferencesforwomenwithslenderbodies。Wealthierwomenhadstrongerpreferencesformenwhohadasteadyincomeormadelotsofmoney。
　　Education：Menwithmoreeducationhadstrongerpreferencesforfemalepartnerswhoaregoodlookingandslender；howeverforbothmenandwomen，educationlevelwasnotrelatedtopreferencesforsteadyincomeormakingalotofmoney。
　　Age：Olderpeoplebothmenandwomenhadweakerpreferencesforapartnertheyfindphysicallyattractive，whomakeasmuchmoneyastheydo，andwhohasasuccessfulcareer。
　　Atotalofnearly28，000heterosexualparticipantsages18to75yearscompletedthesurveys。