Default image for the object Dark and dirty: How mate preferences are a function of the interaction of dark personality traits and pathogen salience, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference (SPSPC), San Antonio, Texas.<p>Across three studies (N = 805), when disease salience is primed, only individuals low in Dark Triad traits report decreased interest in short-term mating. Women (and some men) higher in these traits worry less about and feel it is important to communicate about obtaining STI’s and report using condoms less.