Sex differences (and similarities) in jealousy. The moderning influence of infidelity experience and sexual orientation of the infidelity

Brad J. Sagarin; David Becker; Rosanna E. Guadagno; Lionel D. Nicastle; Allison Millevoi

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Sex differences (and similarities) in jealousy. The moderning influence of infidelity experience and sexual orientation of the infidelity

Brad J. Sagarin, David Becker, Rosanna E. Guadagno, Lionel D. Nicastle, Allison Millevoi

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Past demonstrations of sex differences in jealousy have generally employed Buss et al.'s [Psychol. Sci. 3 (1992) 251] forced-choice methodology, a limitation criticized by DeSteno and Salovey Psychol. Sci. 7 (1996) 367]. The present studies address this criticism by demonstrating the sex difference using both forced-choice and continuous measures of jealousy. In addition, the results distinguish two important moderators of the sex difference: infidelity experience, in which male victims and female perpetrators of infidelity reported greater distress in response to a sexual infidelity, and sexual orientation of the infidelity, in which the sex difference disappears completely when infidelity carries no risk of conception because an opposite-sex partner has become involved with a same-sex lover.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	17-23
Number of pages	7
Journal	Evolution and Human Behavior
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1090-5138(02)00106-X
State	Published - Jan 2003

Keywords

Evolutionary psychology
Jealousy
Sex differences

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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