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Evolutionary psychology

the gap between one's own mate value and a partner's mate value, tested as a predictor of relationship satisfaction and mate retention effort.

In evolutionary psychology, mate value discrepancy refers to the gap between one's own mate value and a partner's mate value, tested as a predictor of relationship satisfaction and mate retention effort. This meaning comes from Conroy-Beam (2016) in Evolution and Human Behavior.[1]

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References

Conroy-Beam, D., Goetz, C. D., & Buss, D. M. (2016). What predicts romantic relationship satisfaction and mate retention intensity: mate preference fulfillment or mate value discrepancies? Evolution and Human Behavior, 37(6), 440-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.04.003

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