PAZHOOHI, Farid, Martin LANG, Dimitrios XYGALATAS and Karl GRAMMER. Religious Veiling as a Mate-Guarding Strategy: Effects of Environmental Pressures on Cultural Practices. Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer International Publishing, 2016, vol. 3, No 2, p. 118-124. ISSN 2198-9885. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40806-016-0079-z.
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Original name Religious Veiling as a Mate-Guarding Strategy: Effects of Environmental Pressures on Cultural Practices
Authors PAZHOOHI, Farid (364 Islamic Republic of Iran), Martin LANG (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Dimitrios XYGALATAS (300 Greece) and Karl GRAMMER (40 Austria).
Edition Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer International Publishing, 2016, 2198-9885.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60304 Religious studies
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/16:00095961
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40806-016-0079-z
Keywords in English Religious veiling; Paternal investment; Reproductive success; National health index; Ecological variations; Religion; Human mate guarding; Hijab
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Michaela Ondrašinová, Ph.D., učo 64955. Changed: 28/2/2018 18:22.
Abstract
Male parental investment can contribute to the fitness of both sexes through increased fertility and child survivorship. The level and intensity of parental investment are dependent upon ecological variations: in harsh and demanding environments, the need for biparental care increases. Moreover, when environmental pressures increase, uncertainty over paternity may lead to favoring stricter mate-guarding practices, thus directing males to invest more effort toward controlling and guarding their mates from infidelity. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that religious veiling, as a social and cultural practice which regulates and restricts sexuality, will be more important in harsher environments. Our results show that harsh and demanding environments are associated with the importance of religious veiling and the level of religiosity, providing a link between cultural practices such as religious veiling and ecological variation.
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