Jealousy and rational responses to infidelity across gender and culture
Article Abstract:
Sexual infidelity is more acceptable and less bothersome for people belonging to cultures with less sanctions on extramarital sex, as compared to cultures with strict sanctions on adultery. Both sexual and emotional infidelity is equally troubling for men and women. The evolutionary theory fails to explain why emotional infidelity is more bothersome to some men. However, the double-shot hypothesis is appropriate in explaining these sex differences. People who believe that sex implies emotional involvement are more likely to be troubled by sexual infidelity.
Publication Name: Psychological Science
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0956-7976
Year: 1996
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Genes, jealousy, and the replication of misspecified models
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The extent to which one infidelity type is believed to imply the other determines the type of infidelity which is more distressing for the individual. However, this belief may vary between sexes and among cultures. The replication of findings across cultures lends support to the evolutionary hypothesis. However, there fails to be any evidence for the evolutionary basis of the psychological mechanism involved in the choice of the infidelity type.
Publication Name: Psychological Science
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0956-7976
Year: 1996
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Evolutionary origins of sex differences in jealousy?: questioning the 'fitness' of the model
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The perception of the non-independence of emotional and sexual infidelity determines the relation between sex and the choice of the jealousy-provoking infidelity. The evolutionary theory, which considers this difference to be innate and fitness enhancing, may fail to provide a proper explanation of the relation between sex and jealousy. The choice between sexual infidelity and and emotional infidelity is a false dichotomy for individuals.
Publication Name: Psychological Science
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0956-7976
Year: 1996
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