Singles' reasons for being single : empirical evidence from an evolutionary perspective

• Main Authors: Apostolou, Menelaos, O, Jiaqing, Esposito, Gianluca
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Singlehood; Mate Choice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143237
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A relatively large number of people in Western societies are single; that is, they are not involved in any romantic relationship. In this study, we have attempted to investigate the reasons for singlehood by asking singles themselves. A final sample of 648 American singles (307 of them women) rated...