Portraits of Evolutionary Fitness, Status Dominance and Moderating Role of Altruism in Sociosexual Orientation of Heterosexual Couples in Uyo.
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Sociosexual orientation (SO) is something inimical to marriage especially when marriage is revered as an exclusive relationship between spouses. Despite this, some individual shave chosen the route of infidelity by employing different mating strategies, long-term versus short term, which may be influenced by the desire for genetic relevance; being dominant or submissive; or exhibiting helping behaviours in the relationship. A quantitative cross-sectional survey design was used. The sample (n=307) comprised married members among academic staff of the University of Uyo, Nigeria. A structured instrument was used to collect data comprising the demographic, independent and outcome variables. Mini-Kscale, Dominance scale, Self-report Altruism scale and Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory were used for data collection. Results showed that sociosexual orientation did not correlate with the independent variables, except with a demographic variable of gender, indicating that males displayed more unrestricted sociosexual orientation compared to females. It is recommended that men should consider the path of faithfulness because of the negative consequences of infidelity on the marriage relationship, family and even society.
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