The Universal Threat and Temptation of Extradyadic Affairs

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Dijkstra

Leckie³

et al. 2019

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The present study examined differences in three types of jealousy (reactive, anxious, and preventive jealousy) between the major ethnic groups in Surinam (Maroons, Creoles, Hindustani, Javanese, and Mixed). About 100 participants from each ethnic group (total n = 500) were interviewed. Results showed differences between the groups in anxious and preventive jealousy, but not in reactive jealousy. More specifically, Maroons reported most anxious and preventive jealousy, followed by Creoles, and Javanese. The Hindustani and Mixed groups reported the lowest levels of anxious and preventive jealousy. These results did not alter after controlling for demographic variables. In addition, differences in jealousy could not be explained by differences between the groups in intrasexual competitiveness and attitudes toward multiple sexual relationships. Findings suggest that whereas preventive jealousy and anxious jealousy are sensitive to cultural influences, reactive jealousy is not. Future studies may further explore the variables that may explain differences in jealousy between ethnic groups in Surinam.

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Ethnic differences in jealousy in Surinam

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Dijkstra

Leckie³

et al. 2019

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“…Jealousy in close relationships is aroused when individuals feel threatened in their relationship by a real, imagined or potential rival, and may involve feelings such as fear, suspicion, anxiety, anger, rejection, and threat (e.g., Zandbergen & Brown, 2015; for a recent extensive review of the jealousy literature, see Buunk, Dijkstra, & Massar, 2018). Beginning with the work of Freud (1950), in the clinical literature a distinction has been made between normal or rational jealousy stemming from a realistic threat to the relationship, and abnormal, pathological or morbid jealousy that is aroused in the absence of such a threat.…”

Section: Jealousy and Infidelity In Close Relationshipsmentioning

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Don´t cheat like I did: Possessive jealousy and infidelity in close relationships

Fernández

2020

Interpersona

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In a sample of 68 adult men and 70 adult women from Santiago, Chile, with a mean age of 29.40 years and a median age of 29, the effects of one's own infidelity and that of one's partner on different types of jealousy were examined. Of the respondents 47.1% had ever been unfaithful, and over half (56.5%) reported that their partner had been unfaithful. There were no effects of one's own infidelity and that of one's partner on reactive and anxious jealousy, but those who had been unfaithful, as well as those whose partner had been unfaithful, expressed the highest levels of possessive jealousy. These effects were not moderated by gender nor did age affect jealousy. Women were higher in all types of jealousy than men were.

“…In contrast, due to their higher physiological investments and the costs associated with these investments, women’s reproductive interest are served best by securing commitment from a long-term, highly investing male (e.g., Buss & Schmitt, 1993 ). The current article investigates whether and how pregnancy influences women’s experience of jealousy, an emotion which has evolved to signal the presence of a threat to one’s reproductive success (e.g., Buunk, Dijkstra, & Massar, 2018 ), and whether the attractiveness of a rival influences such jealousy.…”

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Expecting and Competing? Jealous Responses Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women

Massar

2019

Evol Psychol

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In the current study, we reasoned that when pregnant, women should be especially motivated to protect their reproductive investments as well as their pair bond and be vigilant about intrasexual competitors. To investigate this, pregnant women (n ¼ 66) and nonpregnant women (n ¼ 59; age M ¼ 27.41, SD ¼ 3.36) in committed relationships read a jealousy-evoking scenario that was accompanied by a picture of either an attractive or an unattractive woman, after which they indicated their jealousy about such a situation. Moreover, we asked whether a mate's emotional infidelity would evoke more jealousy than his sexual infidelity. The results showed that for pregnant women, both rivals evoked similar amounts of jealousy, whereas nonpregnant women's jealousy was mainly evoked by the attractive rival. Moreover, pregnant women indicated they would be most upset by their partner's emotional infidelity, and especially if they were previously exposed to the attractive rival. Nonpregnant women considered both types of infidelity equally upsetting. These results emphasize the adaptive function of jealousy and extend the literature on the influence of a rival's attractiveness on women's jealousy by focusing on the experiences of pregnant women.