一项心理学领域的新研究表明，我们的浪漫选择不仅仅是基于感觉和情绪，而且也基于与别人相比我们是否会感到富有。
“我们想要更好的理解金钱对处于恋爱关系中的情侣心理上所起的作用，因为很少有人了解这一课题。以这种方式人们会有一个更好的角度来看待他们的关系。”香港大学心理学教授Darius Chan解释说。
这两个实验以存在异性恋爱关系的中国大学生为对象，对富有或贫穷的情侣们的配偶选择观念进行了分析。
在第一项研究中他们发现， 相比那些认为自己穷的男性，有钱男性并不满足于现有对象的外表吸引力，他们对短期情侣关系更感兴趣。然而，富有的女性对男性的外表没有更高的要求。
第二项研究中发现，相比处于经济弱势阶层的人，所有的富人参与者更容易与一个有吸引力的异性相互吸引。有趣的是，正如预期的那样，不管富裕还是贫穷多数男性会选择与更有吸引力的人坐在一起。
“研究发现，相比穷学生来说，有钱人对伴侣的外貌标准要求更高，他们更愿意进行短期交往。然而，对于女性来说，钱可能会使她们的交往策略变化较少，因为长期情侣关系的失去会使成本更高。”Chan解释说。
从进化的角度来看，有条件的交往策略会促使我们的祖先繁殖成功率最大化。
然而， 通过观察人们的反应发现，不管认为自己是富裕还是贫穷的人支持进化心理学假设理论时，个体都会采取有利于自己的交往策略以应对资金占有等环境条件。
尽管这项研究应用于特定的文化中，但在人类交往过程中这些心理机制仍然起着一个重要的作用。我们希望我们的分析在其他文化中也会被发现，因为配偶选择的基本机制在跨文化域中非常相似。”Chan说。
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When Love Meets Money: Priming the Possession of Money Influences Mating Strategies
Yi Ming Li1†, Jian Li2†, Darius K.-S. Chan3* and Bo Zhang2
Money is an important factor that influences the development of romantic relationships. The current paper examines how the feeling of having relatively more or less money influences human mating strategies in long-term and short-term mating contexts under the framework of evolutionary psychology. We recruited mainland Chinese college students involved in steady, heterosexual romantic relationships to participate in two experiments. In each study, we experimentally triggered participants' feelings of having relatively more or less money and then examined their thoughts and behaviors related to mating. Results of Study 1 showed that men who were primed to feel that they had relatively more money were less satisfied with their partners' physical attractiveness than those primed to feel that they had less money, suggesting that the subjective feeling of having more or less money may affect men's preferences regarding the physical appearance of a mate in a long-term relationship. Interestingly, this difference was not significant for women. Results of Study 2 indicated that both men and women who were primed to feel that they had relatively more money exhibited a greater “behavioral approach tendency” toward an attractive member of the opposite sex than those primed to feel that they had less money. This finding suggests that people who feel they have relatively more money may have more interest in an attractive alternative than those who feel they have relatively less money. The differences in mating strategies between and within the genders brought about by money support the evolutionary hypothesis that individuals adopt conditional mating strategies in response to environmental conditions. Additionally, the results of experimental studies provide evidence for the causal effects of money on mating strategies. These findings have both conceptual and practical implications for the psychology of evolution and romantic relationships.