Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:36:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FelipeNC.pdf: 1442310 bytes, checksum: abff7ed335e5b917659fc2d4a8120c98 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-27 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / Several studies have found different patterns of preferences to men and women for short term and long term relationship romantic partners. It is known that the preferences vary with the sex of individuals, the expected involvement level of the relationship and according to the perceptions that subjects have about themselves. In the present study, we investigate whether the preferences typically founded for sexes are also founded between Brazilian undergraduate students. We also investigated if the individuals choose partners in accord of the sex preferences and if the ideal preferences are really expressed in real choices. For these investigations, 370 undergraduate students described profiles of an ideal partner for a short-term and a long-term relationship, through the joint evaluation of nine characteristics. Each ideal s profile has been described over three simulations, in which the amount of points available to be invested were limited and gradually reduced. After the descriptions of these profiles, the participants described the current or previous partner (if they were not in a relationship) and performed a self-assessment with the same characteristics used in the description of preferences. Overall, the results obtained in several countries were observed in Brazil. For short-term relationships men prioritize physical attributes and women value physical and personal attributes. For long-term, personal traits gained in importance on masculine preferences and women emphasized personal traits and the partner disposition to acquire resources. We also identified similar preferences profiles for both sexes and that the romantic preferences reflect similarities with the own individual s characteristics, in addition to the typical sexual preferences expected for the Parental Investment Theory. When evaluated their real partners, men considerate them more physically attractive than themselves but less intelligent, good humorous and ambi tion/willing to work. Women, in turn, described their partners as good as them. Finally, we observed equivalence between characteristics of the subjects and those of its partners, this effect being more pronounced among men. The last partners were described only as less sincere. The interpretation of the most part of our results was possible from evolutionist s and socio-cultural s explanations and was discussed under the two perspectives. We conclude this study stressing that the traditional romantic preferences occur in Brazil and that the sex, the kind of relationship and the vision that people have about their own characteristics affect the preferences, which are expressed in the real partner choices / Muitos estudos encontraram diferentes padr?es de prefer?ncia para homens e para mulheres por parceiros rom?nticos para relacionamento de curta e longa dura??o. Sabe-se que as prefer?ncias variam em fun??o do sexo dos indiv?duos, do n?vel de envolvimento esperado para o relacionamento e de acordo com a percep??o que os sujeitos t?m de si mesmos. No presente estudo, buscamos investigar se as prefer?ncias tipicamente encontradas para os sexos tamb?m ocorrem entre estudantes universit?rios brasileiros. Investigamos tamb?m se os indiv?duos buscam parceiros de acordo com as prefer?ncias sexuais e se as prefer?ncias ideais realmente s?o expressas nas escolhas reais. Para estas investiga??es, 370 estudantes universit?rios descreveram o perfil de um parceiro ideal para relacionamento de curto e longo prazo atrav?s da avalia??o conjunta de nove caracter?sticas. Cada perfil ideal foi descrito ao longo de tr?s simula??es, nas quais a quantidade de pontos dispon?veis a serem investidos era limitada e era gradualmente reduzida. Ap?s a descri??o destes perfis, os participantes descreveram o parceiro atual ou o anterior (caso n?o estivessem se relacionando) e realizaram uma auto-avalia??o com as mesmas caracter?sticas utilizadas na descri??o das prefer?ncias. De forma geral, os resultados obtidos em diversos pa?ses foram observados no Brasil. Para relacionamentos de curto prazo encontramos que os homens priorizaram atributos f?sicos e as mulheres valorizam os atributos f?sicos e pessoais. Para longo prazo, os tra?os pessoais ganharam import?ncia nas prefer?ncias masculinas e as mulheres enfatizaram tra?os pessoais e a disposi??o do parceiro em adquirir recursos. Identificamos tamb?m perfis de prefer?ncias similares para ambos os sexos e que as prefer?ncias rom?nticas refletem similaridades com as caracter?sticas dos pr?prios indiv?duos, al?m das prefer?ncias sexuais t?picas previstas pela Teoria do Investimento Parental. Os homens, ao avaliar suas parceiras reais, as consideraram mais atraentes fisicamente do que eles, muito embora menos inteligentes, bem humoradas e ambiciosas/dispostas ao trabalho. As mulheres, por sua vez, descreveram seus parceiros como t?o bons quanto elas. Por fim, observamos uma equival?ncia entre as caracter?sticas dos sujeitos e as de seus parceiros, sendo tal efeito mais acentuado entre os homens. Os ?ltimos parceiros foram descritos apenas como menos sinceros. A interpreta??o de grande parte dos resultados foi plaus?vel a partir de explica??es evolucionistas e s?cio-culturais e foi discutida sob as duas perspectivas. Conclu?mos o trabalho ressaltando que as prefer?ncias rom?nticas tradicionais ocorrem no Brasil e que o sexo, os tipos de relacionamentos e a vis?o que as pessoas t?m de suas pr?prias caracter?sticas afetam as prefer?ncias, manifestando-se nas escolhas de parceiros reais.