魅力指數相近的人會互相吸引

When it comes to love, there are no hard and fast rules though many people follow the age-old theory that opposites attract.

雖然許多人都遵循“相異相吸”這一老話，但情場上其實並沒有鐵的法則。

But now a study has found that more often that not, similarity rules the day.

如今一項研究發現，大多數時候，是相似的人之間互相吸引。

Researchers at Berkeley found that people are drawn to potential romantic partners if they are of their own or similar leagueand desirability, which they called the 'matching hypothesis'.

伯克利大學的研究人員發現，如果潛在戀愛對象的魅力指數和自己是同一水平的，那麼他們更容易互相吸引，研究人員將這稱爲“配對假說”。

Of course personality traits and common interests play a factor but for that instant attraction, like is drawn towards like, putting paid to the phrase, 'You're out of my league'.

誠然，個性特質和共同的興趣也會有影響，但是就像一見鍾情的瞬間吸引力一樣，人們也可以立刻覺察到“咱倆不是一路人”。

For their research, the authors of the study turned - as most singletons do today - to online dating sites.

爲了進行這一研究，研究人員和現在的許多單身人士一樣，求助於在線約會網站。

They measured the popularity of more than 3,000 heterosexualusers of a site and looked at the popularity of each.

他們測評了一個約會網站3000多名異性戀用戶的魅力指數，然後再單獨觀察每個用戶的人氣。

Popularity was defined by the number of opposite-sex individuals who had sent unsolicitedmessages to a user.

研究人員根據向一名用戶主動發送信息的異性人數來評估這名用戶的人氣。

Analyses indicated that high-popularity users contacted other popular users at a rate greater than would be expected by chance.

分析表明，人氣高的用戶聯繫其他人氣用戶比預期聯繫隨機用戶的機率要高得多。

Similarly, the less popular users of the site also contacted other low-popularity users.

同樣地，人氣欠佳的用戶聯繫的也是其他人氣較低的用戶。

The researchers then conducted a follow-up study of more than a million users and found a similar result - when it comes to dating, potential mates stick to someone in their own league.

研究人員隨後對100多萬名用戶進行了後續調查，發現了相似的結果：人們都會選擇和自己同一層次的人進行約會。

The authors found that: 'Individuals on the dating market will assess their own self-worth and select partners whose social desirability approximately equals their own.

研究報告作者發現：“約會市場上的人會評估自身的價值，並選擇受歡迎程度和自己大致相當的人作爲伴侶。

'Using data collected in the laboratory and from users of a popular online dating site, the authors found evidence for matching based on self-worth, physical attractiveness, and popularity, but to different degrees and not always at the same stage of the dating process.

“根據從實驗室和從熱門在線約會網站用戶收集到的數據，筆者發現配對主要基於自我價值、外表吸引力和受歡迎程度，不過各個因素的影響力大小不同，而且也並不總是在約會過程中的同一階段產生影響。

'The most striking prediction is that undesirable individuals will choose undesirable partners.'

“最不尋常的預測就是：沒人要的人會選擇沒人要的人做伴侶。”