TY - JOUR T1 - Human mate poaching: tactics and tempations for infiltrating existing mateships. AU - Schmitt,D P, AU - Buss,D M, PY - 2001/6/21/pubmed PY - 2002/1/5/medline PY - 2001/6/21/entrez SP - 894 EP - 917 JF - Journal of personality and social psychology JO - J Pers Soc Psychol VL - 80 IS - 6 N2 - The authors explored the psychology of romantically attracting someone who is already in a relationship--what can be called the process of human mate poaching. In Study 1 (N = 236), they found that attempts at poaching were relatively common and were linked with distinctive personality dispositions. Study 2 (N = 220) documented that the perceived costs and benefits of poaching differed somewhat for men and women and depended on whether short-term or long-term poaching outcomes were targeted. Study 3 (N = 453) found support for 5 evolution-based hypotheses about the perceived effectiveness of poaching tactics. Study 4 (N = 333) found that poaching effectiveness was influenced by the type of relationship being encroached on-marital, dating, long distance, highly committed, just beginning, or about to end. Discussion focuses on the importance of placing mate poaching within the broader context of human sexual strategies. SN - 0022-3514 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/11414373/Human_mate_poaching:_tactics_and_tempations_for_infiltrating_existing_mateships_ L2 - http://content.apa.org/journals/psp/80/6/894 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -