Taking health-risks as a short-term mating strategy

• Main Author: WONG, Alvin Jun Jie
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Sexual selection; risk-taking; health behavior; attractiveness; Health Psychology; Personality and Social Contexts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/402; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/etd_coll/article/1400/viewcontent/GPPS_AY2021_MbR_Alvin_Wong_Jun_Jie.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Diseases pose a recurring, and often indiscriminate threat to the health of individuals. However, there exists a wide range of behavioral responses between individuals when it comes to taking health precautions or undertaking risks in response to this perennial threat, with some responses seeming ma...