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Are sex differences in sexual vs emotional jealousy explained better by differences in sexual strategies or uncertainty of paternity?
- Source :
- Psychological reports. 93(3 Pt 1)
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- In a classic 1992 study, Buss, Larson, Westen, and Semmelroth reported that men were more distressed by the sexual infidelity of a partner and women were more distressed by a partner's emotional infidelity. Buss, et al. suggested that men are concerned about uncertainty of paternity, that is, the possibility of raising another man's child while believing that the child is his own. However, data can be explained in terms of men's greater preference for short-term sexual strategies. This research yielded support for the latter explanation for the samples in this present research.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Sexual jealousy
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Sexual Behavior
Jealousy
050109 social psychology
Paternity
050105 experimental psychology
Developmental psychology
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Child
General Psychology
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Sexual infidelity
05 social sciences
Emotional infidelity
Preference
Affect
Female
Psychology
Social psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00332941
- Volume :
- 93
- Issue :
- 3 Pt 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psychological reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7d552289f37c4fe1e59cbdd3700b6a7d