They also tried to control for cultural factors using a questionnaire called the sociosexual orientation inventory index , which measures differences in mating patterns across cultures-specifically whether women prefer long - or short-term relationships .

他们还通过问卷来设法控制文化因素，该问卷叫做社会群体性取向库存指数，它衡量的是跨文化配偶模式，具体说来，即女性倾向于长期还是短期关系。