NAKANISHI Daisuke
   Department   Hiroshima shudo University  The Faculty of Health Sciences
   Position   Professor
Language English
Publication Date 2019/03
Type Articles
Title Gift-giving in romantic couples serves as a commitment signal: Relational mobility is associated with more frequent gift-giving
Contribution Type Co-Authored Publication
Journal Evolution and Human Behavior
Journal TypeAnother Country
Volume, Issue, Pages 40(2),pp.160-166
Number of pages 17
Responsible for モデルの検討
Author and coauthor Komiya, A., Ohtsubo, Y., Nakanishi, D., & Oishi, S.
Details The present study explored why married couples periodically exchange gifts. Based on the commitment signal hypothesis, we tested whether relational mobility, which was operationalized as divorce rate in Study 1 and relational opportunities in Study 2, is positively correlated with the frequency of gift exchanges among married couples.
DOI 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.10.003