Individual differences in talking enjoyment: The roles of life history strategy and mate value

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics for the talking enjoyment scale, mate value, and Mini-K by sex

	Men					Women					t-value	Cohen’s d
Variable	N	Mean	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis	N	Mean	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis
TES	241	4.52	1.01	0.19	−0.60	227	4.75	1.08	−0.07	−0.13	−2.38*	−0.22
Mini-K	231	0.99	0.79	−0.28	−0.77	227	1.38	0.79	−0.50	0.58	5.30***	−0.49
Mate Value	234	4.41	0.84	−0.03	0.48	225	4.38	0.87	−0.35	1.19	−0.30	0.04

* p < 0.05.

*** p < 0.001.

Table 2. Descriptive statistics for talking enjoyment, Mini-K, and mate value by sex

	Men					Women					t-value	Cohen’s d
Variable	N	Mean	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis	N	Mean	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis
TES	123	4.61	1.29	−0.30	−0.16	178	5.05	1.27	−0.54	−0.31	−2.96**	−0.34
Mini-K	124	1.10	0.73	−0.73	1.25	176	1.48	0.62	−0.80	0.77	4.79***	−0.56
Mate Value	117	4.60	0.91	−0.09	−0.29	165	4.38	0.93	−0.68	0.69	−0.77	0.10

** p < 0.01.

*** p < 0.001.