More Than Just Sex

Yarab, Paul E.; Sensibaugh, Christine Cregan; Allgeier, Elizabeth Rice

doi:10.1300/j056v10n02_03

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“…We found that although most behaviors (even fondling, touching, and kissing) were rated high on the scale as acts considered to be cheating, participants thought sexual intercourse and oral sex were the most likely behaviors to signify cheating. These findings are in line with more comprehensive studies that have documented which sexual and erotic acts are perceived as cheating behaviors ( Kruger et al, 2013 ; Yarab, Sensibaugh, & Allgeier, 1998 ). It is also worth noting that there were no sex differences in defining which behaviors represented cheating.…”

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Your Cheatin’ Voice Will Tell on You: Detection of Past Infidelity from Voice

Hughes

Harrison

2017

Evol Psychol

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Evidence suggests that many physical, behavioral, and trait qualities can be detected solely from the sound of a person's voice, irrespective of the semantic information conveyed through speech. This study examined whether raters could accurately assess the likelihood that a person has cheated on committed, romantic partners simply by hearing the speaker's voice. Independent raters heard voice samples of individuals who self-reported that they either cheated or had never cheated on their romantic partners. To control for aspects that may clue a listener to the speaker's mate value, we used voice samples that did not differ between these groups for voice attractiveness, age, voice pitch, and other acoustic measures. We found that participants indeed rated the voices of those who had a history of cheating as more likely to cheat. Male speakers were given higher ratings for cheating, while female raters were more likely to ascribe the likelihood to cheat to speakers. Additionally, we manipulated the pitch of the voice samples, and for both sexes, the lower pitched versions were consistently rated to be from those who were more likely to have cheated. Regardless of the pitch manipulation, speakers were able to assess actual history of infidelity; the one exception was that men's accuracy decreased when judging women whose voices were lowered. These findings expand upon the idea that the human voice may be of value as a cheater detection tool and very thin slices of vocal information are all that is needed to make certain assessments about others.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Your Cheatin’ Voice Will Tell on You: Detection of Past Infidelity from Voice

Hughes

Harrison

2017

Evol Psychol

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“…Sexual intercourse with someone other than a long-term partner in the context of a nominally monogamous relationship may be readily identified as cheating. However, there is far less agreement for ambiguous behaviors that could be considered either as signs of mere friendship or as signaling deeper sexual or romantic interest ( Feldman and Cauffman, 1999 ; Mattingly, Clark, Weidler, and Bequette, 2011 ; Weis and Felton, 1987 ; Yarab, Sensibaugh, and Allgeier, 1998 ).…”

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Was That Cheating? Perceptions Vary by Sex, Attachment Anxiety, and Behavior

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Abstract:We generated an inventory of 27 interpersonal behaviors and examined the extent to which participants judged each behavior as cheating on a long-term partner. We predicted variation in these judgments based on participant sex and attachment insecurity. Ratings for items ranged considerably; participants rated sexual behaviors as most indicative of cheating, then erotic behaviors, followed by behaviors consistent with a romantic relationship, and then behaviors related to financial support. Women rated ten items higher than did men, and men's ratings were higher on a minor financial support item. Higher attachment anxiety was associated with higher ratings for 18 of 27 behaviors; higher attachment avoidance was associated with lower scores on five items and higher scores on one item. Principle Axis Factoring identified three dimensions; sexual interaction, behaviors indicating close relationships, and casual social interaction. We discuss these results using the framework of attachment theory and sex-specific mating strategies.

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“…Most infidelity research has focused on acts that are explicitly and unambiguously sexual or emotional in nature (e.g., Labrecque & Whisman, 2017). Here, we build on previous research which suggests that infidelity may take more ambiguous forms and that seemingly benign and innocuous everyday behaviors (in this study, sending direct messages on social media) may sometimes constitute infidelity (Thompson & O'Sullivan, 2016; Wilson et al, 2011; Yarab et al, 1998). In particular, we seek to explore the circumstances that determine when a mundane behavior comes to be perceived as crossing the line from innocuous to unfaithful.…”

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confidence: 91%

The relative importance of contextual factors in judging mundane extradyadic behaviors as infidelity: A policy‐capturing study

Salavati,

Boon

2024

Personal Relationships

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Seemingly benign extradyadic behaviors (e.g., buying/receiving gifts or talking on the phone) may be perceived as infidelity under certain circumstances, therefore causing distress and conflict in romantic relationships. A policy‐capturing method was used to illuminate the relative role of contextual factors (secrecy, frequency of the behavior, and the victim's familiarity with the rival) in perceiving whether a mundane, everyday extradyadic act is perceived to cross the line from benign to infidelity. In two sessions, 135 participants completed individual difference measures and rated 30 different vignettes in which the extradyadic behavior (i.e., direct messaging on social media) was held constant, but levels of contextual factors varied. Participants perceived secrecy as the most important contextual factor in deciding whether a mundane extradyadic behavior constituted infidelity, followed by frequency. The victim's familiarity with the rival was deemed least important. Higher reactive jealousy predicted higher perception of the behavior as infidelity and greater anticipated emotional distress following the behavior. Implications for how couples discuss the boundaries of their relationships and understand the source of emotional distress experienced after seemingly benign extradyadic behaviors are discussed.

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More Than Just Sex

Cited by 32 publications

References 15 publications

Your Cheatin’ Voice Will Tell on You: Detection of Past Infidelity from Voice

Your Cheatin’ Voice Will Tell on You: Detection of Past Infidelity from Voice

Was That Cheating? Perceptions Vary by Sex, Attachment Anxiety, and Behavior

The relative importance of contextual factors in judging mundane extradyadic behaviors as infidelity: A policy‐capturing study

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