Research Instruments
These research instruments may be freely used for scientific research purposes only. Any commercial use is prohibited. We would also appreciate it if you email us any papers or interesting results that emerge from research using these instruments.

Characteristics Desired in a Friend
Relevant article:
Bleske, A.L., & Buss, D.M. (2001). Opposite sex friendship: Sex differences and similarities in initiation, selection, and dissolution. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 1310-1323.

Conflict Between the Sexes Instrument
Relevant articles:
Buss, D. M. (1989). Conflict between the sexes: Strategic interference and the evocation of anger and upset. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 56, 735-747.
Buss, D. M. (1991). Conflict in married couples: Personality predictors of anger and upset. Journal of Personality, 59, 663-703.
Buss, D.M., & Malamuth, N. (1996). Sex, Power, Conflict. New York: Oxford University Press.

Costs and Benefits of Friendship
Relevant article:
Bleske, A., & Buss, D.M. (2000). Can men and women just be friends? Personal Relationships, 7, 131-151.

Derogation of Competitors Instrument
Relevant articles:
Buss, D. M., & Dedden, L. (1990). Derogation of competitors. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 7, 395-422.
Schmitt, D. P., & Buss, D. M. (1996). Mate attraction and competitor derogation: Context effects on perceived effectiveness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 1185-1204.
Bleske-Rechek, A., & Buss, D.M. (2006). Sexual strategies pursued and mate attraction tactics deployed. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 1299-1311.

Jealousy Instrument
Relevant article:
Buss, D.M., Shackelford, T.K., Kirkpatrick, L.A., Chloe, J., Hasegawa, M., Hasegawa, T., & Bennett, K. (1999). Jealousy and beliefs about infidelity: Tests of competing hypotheses in the United States, Korea, and Japan. Personal Relationships, 6, 125-150.

Mate Attraction Tactics
Relevant articles:
Buss, D. M. (1988). The Evolution of Human Intrasexual Competition:Tactics of Mate Attraction. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 54, 616-628.
Schmitt, D. P., & Buss, D. M. (1996). Mate attraction and competitor derogation: Context effects on perceived effectiveness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 1185-1204.
Bleske-Rechek, A., & Buss, D.M. (2006). Sexual strategies pursued and mate attraction tactics deployed. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 1299-1311.

Mate Preferences Questionnaires
Relevant article:
Buss, D. M. (1989). Sex differences in human mate preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 12, 1-49.

Mate Poaching Inventory
Relevant article:
Schmitt, D.P., & Buss, D.M. (2001). Human mate poaching: Tactics and temptations for infiltrating existing relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 894-917.

Mate Retention Inventory
Relevant articles:
Buss, D. M. (1988). From Vigilance to Violence: Tactics of Mate Retention in American Undergraduates. Ethology & Sociobiology, 9, 291-317.
Buss, D.M., & Shackelford, T.K. (1997). From vigilance to violence: Mate retention tactics in married couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 346-361.
Buss, D.M. (2002). Human Mate Guarding. Neurendocrinology Letter Special Issue, 23, 23-29.
Shackelford, T.K., Goetz, A.T. & Buss, D.M. (2005). Mate retention in marriage: Further evidence of the reliability of the Mate Retention Inventory. Personality and Individual Differences, 39, 415-425.

Mate Retention Inventory: Short Form
MRI-SF: men's self-report
MRI-SF: men's partner-report
MRI-SF: women's self-report
MRI-SF: women's partner-report
Relevant articles:
Buss, D. M. (1988). From Vigilance to Violence: Tactics of Mate Retention in American Undergraduates. Ethology & Sociobiology, 9, 291-317.
Buss, D.M., Shackelford, T.K., & McKibbin, W. F. (2008). The Mate Retention Inventory-Short Form (MRI-SF). Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 322-334.

Reasons for Dissolving a Friendship
Relevant article:
Bleske, A.L., & Buss, D.M. (2001). Opposite sex friendship: Sex differences and similarities in initiation, selection, and dissolution. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 1310-1323.

Reasons for Friendship Initiation
Relevant article:
Bleske, A.L., & Buss, D.M. (2001). Opposite sex friendship: Sex differences and similarities in initiation, selection, and dissolution. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 1310-1323.

Reasons for Having Sex Questionnaire
Relevant article:
Meston, C., & Buss, D.M. (2007). Why humans have sex. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36, 477-507.

The Sexy Seven:  An Adjective Measure of Sexual Strategies
Relevant article:
Schmitt, D.P., & Buss, D.M. (2000).  Sexual dimensions of person description:  Beyond or subsumed by the Big Five?  Journal of Research in Personality, 34, 141-177.

Susceptibility to Infidelity Instrument
Relevant article:
Buss, D.M., & Shackelford, T.K (1997). Susceptibility to Infidelity in the First Year of Marriage. Journal of Research in Personality, 31, 193-221. 

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