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The Long-Term Effects of Stress on Partner Weight Characteristics
Authors:Jason M. Fletcher  Nathan Tefft
Affiliation:1. Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.; 2. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.; Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Japan,
Abstract:

Background

Recent experimental evidence suggests that stressed males find heavier women more attractive than non-stressed males. The aim of this study is to examine whether these results also appear in actual mating patterns of adults from a national sample.

Methods

Regression analysis linking partner weight measures to own measures of childhood stress, as measured by mistreatment. Cross-sectional data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Romantic Partners Sample is used to measure partner weight, childhood stressful events, and socio-demographic characteristics. Childhood experiences of adult mistreatment are retrospectively collected.

Results

Men who experienced childhood mistreatment are more likely to have obese female partners during young adulthood. The results are strongest for interactions with social services, adult neglect and physical abuse. We also present novel evidence of the opposite association in similarly stressed women whose male partners are more likely to be thin.

Conclusions

These results suggest that preferences for partner characteristics are sensitive to histories of stress and that previously hypothesized patterns occur outside the experimental setting.
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