AUTHOR=Liu Jie , Zhang Yanyan 

TITLE=Singles' similarity preferences in an ideal partner: What, when, and why

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1088591

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1088591

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=This study investigated singles’ similarity preference concerning their ideal partner’s personality traits, physical attractiveness, social resources as well as potential moderators (fear of being single and mate value) and mediators (forecasted satisfaction). With 1014 Chinese singles, we found that singles preferred their ideal partner to share similarities in the HEXACO traits, physical attractiveness, and social resources, and they preferred higher similarity in Honesty-Humility and Openness to Experience. Fear of being single, mate value, and forecasted satisfaction did not affect similarity preference on Honesty-Humility and Openness to Experience but had some mixed influence over similarity preference on other features.