Sex Differences in Jealousy

Evolution or Social Construction

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7738752
AutoresRalph B Hupka (California State University, Long Beach, autor correspondente), Adam L Bank (California State University, Long Beach)
Ano1996
Volume30
Fascículo1
Páginas24-59
Data de publicação1996-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCross-Cultural Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1069-3971 • E-ISSN: 1552-3578
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/106939719603000102
OpenAlexW2007852503
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas19

Buss, Larsen, Westen, and Semmelroth claimed that sex differences in the dislike of sexual or emotional infidelity supported the socio-biological hypothesis of men (i.e., most men) having evolved sexual jealousy, whereas women (i.e., most women) evolved emotional jealousy. In two studies with 745 undergraduates, our finding was that, similar to the Buss et al. finding, over 50% of the men and women reported greater upset over imagined emotional infidelity. Subjects responded to a self-rating of jealousy, the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, 39 items articulating gender norms, a request to explain their dislike of infidelity, and which of 8 excuses by the wayward partner was most upsetting. We proposed that the findings could be explained more parsimoniously by the concept of the social construc tion of gender and Eagly's social-role perspective

Developmental psychology · Jealousy · Perspective (graphical · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology