Deficits in sexual access versus deficits in emotional access and relationship termination decisions

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ID12938751
AutoresT Joel Wade (0000-0002-5063-4269, autor de correspondencia), Ryan Palmer (0000-0002-6471-0883), Mike DiMaria, Courtnay Johnson, Megan Multack
Año2008
Volumen6
Número4
Páginas309-319
Fecha de publicación2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Evolutionary Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1789-2082 • E-ISSN: 2060-5587
EditorialAkadémiai Kiadó (PUBLISHER • HU)
DOI10.1556/jep.6.2008.4.1
OpenAlexW2099471800
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas18

Evolutionary theory based research has examined how sexual access and emotional access affect mate selection. However, evolutionary theory based research has not examined how deficits in sexual access and emotional access affect relationship termination decisions. The present research sought to fill this void with two studies examining the questions of whether or not: a lack of sexual access is more likely to lead men to end a relationship, and whether or not a lack of emotional access is more likely to lead women to end a relationship. Based on prior research investigating divorce, sexual infidelity, and male and female mate selection preferences, men were expected to be more likely to end a relationship due to a lack of sexual access while women were expected to be more likely to end a relationship due to a lack of emotional access. The results were consistent with the hypothesis for women. Both men and women were more likely to terminate their relationships due to lack of emotional access. These results are discussed in terms of parental investment concerns, commitment loss, and prior research

Affect (linguistics · Biology · Developmental psychology · Evolutionary psychology · Sexual selection · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology