| 其他摘要 | The rise of highly educated women has become a prevalent global trend in contemporary society. However, this societal transformation has brought forth new challenges, with one of them being the mate selection dilemma faced by highly educated women. The mate selection copying effect refers to the tendency of individuals to choose partners that are similar to those chosen by others, influenced by other individuals who have already chosen a partner. This phenomenon indicates that humans and other animals not only make decisions based on their personal preferences and characteristics in the process of mate selection, but also consider the choices of other individuals in society. The mate selection copying theory emphasizes how humans, as social animals, are influenced by others' mate selection preferences, thereby shaping their mate selection decisions. There are three basic concepts in mate selection copying theory: mate selection, copying phenomenon, and social learning. The mate preferences of highly educated women demonstrate a substantial correlation with the preferences of their parents, friends, and society. Simultaneously, they also exhibit certain correlations with personal emotional experiences and economic statuses. To gain a better understanding of whether highly educated women's motivations and behaviors in mate selection are influenced by mate copying effects, this study surveyed 1000 unmarried young women with master's degrees or higher through a matchmaking agency. The research delves into the relationship between mate selection preferences among highly educated young women and the presence of mate copying effects.
Firstly, the research explores whether there exist mate copying effects from parents, friends, and society during the mate selection process of highly educated young women. Grounded in public information theory, this study takes the mate preferences of highly educated young women for 100 male individuals as the independent variable and the mate preferences of parents, friends, and society towards them as the dependent variables. After preprocessing and providing descriptive statistics for the sample, we analyze the correlation between young women's mate preferences and their age, emotional experiences, and economic statuses. Subsequently, chi-squared tests are applied to assess the association between young women's mate preferences and the aforementioned variables. We then calculate mate copying effects scores and construct a matrix evaluating the extent of influence exerted by parents, friends, and society on young women's mate selection. The results indicate that the willingness rate of mate selection is highly negatively correlated with economic level and positively correlated with age, emotional experience, and physical appearance. And the mate selection among highly educated young women is influenced by mate copying effects from parents, friends, and society, with the influence strength ranking as follows: friends, society, and parents.
Secondly, the research investigates the impact of emotional experiences on mate copying effects in mate selection preferences among highly educated young women. We categorize all highly educated young women into three groups based on their emotional experiences: those without emotional experiences, those with one emotional experience, and those with two or more emotional experiences. We then analyze the influence exerted by parents, friends, and society on mate copying effects within each of these groups. After dividing the sample into these groups and providing descriptive statistics, we employ chi-squared tests to gauge the significance of the associations between mate preferences and these variables. Subsequently, we calculate mate copying effects scores and construct a two-dimensional matrix, elucidating the influence strength of emotional experiences on mate copying effects from parents, friends, and society. The findings reveal a positive correlation between emotional experiences and mate copying effects, indicating that highly educated young women with more varied emotional experiences exhibit more pronounced mate copying effects from parents, friends, and society in their mate selection process.
Lastly, the research delves into the influence of economic status on mate copying effects in mate selection preferences among highly educated young women. We divide all highly educated young women into three groups based on their economic income levels: those with low, medium, and high economic incomes. Subsequently, we examine the influence of parents, friends, and society on mate copying effects within each of these groups. After dividing the sample into these groups and providing descriptive statistics, we employ chi-squared tests to evaluate the significance of the associations between mate preferences and these variables. We then calculate mate copying effects scores and construct a two-dimensional matrix to elucidate the influence strength of economic status on mate copying effects from parents, friends, and society. The analysis reveals a negative correlation between economic statuses and mate copying effects, indicating that highly educated young women with higher economic incomes experience less pronounced mate copying effects from parents, friends, and society in their mate selection process.
In addition, we also compare the influence degree between emotional experience and economic level, and come to the conclusion that economic level has a more significant impact on replication effect. This paper creatively takes the highly educated young women as the research object, comprehensively analyzes the impact of its replication effect from multiple dimensions, and focuses on emotional experience and economic level. Through the implementation of this research, we aspire to offer a more profound understanding of mate selection among highly educated women. By unveiling the specific degrees of influence wielded by parents, friends, and society over their mate selection decisions, we aim to contribute to addressing the diverse mate selection needs of highly educated women. Furthermore, we anticipate that this study will provide valuable insights for future research in the realms of gender equality and family dynamics, thus making meaningful contributions to the ongoing progress and development of society. |
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