Gender, socioeconomic status, age, and jealousy

Emotional responses to infidelity in a national sample

Dados Bibliográficos

ID17765265
AutoresMelanie C Green (0000-0002-5469-8470, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, autor correspondente), John Sabini (University of Pennsylvania)
Ano2006
Volume6
Fascículo2
Páginas330-334
Data de publicação2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEmotion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1528-3542 • E-ISSN: 1931-1516
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037/1528-3542.6.2.330
PMID16768565
OpenAlexW2015516208
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas21
Referências citadas13

The authors used a representative national sample (N = 777) to test the evolutionary hypothesis that men would be more bothered by sexual infidelity and women by emotional infidelity, the Jealousy as a Specific Innate Module (JSIM) effect. Our alternative conceptualization of jealousy suggests that there are distinct emotional components of jealousy that did not evolve differently by gender. The authors looked for effects of age, socioeconomic status (SES), and type of measure (continuous or dichotomous) on jealousy. The authors did not find age or SES effects. Forced-choice items provided support for our alternative view; both genders showed more anger and blame over sexual infidelity but more hurt feelings over emotional infidelity. Continuous measures indicated more emotional response to sexual than emotional infidelity among both genders

Anger · Conceptualization · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Jealousy · Population · Socioeconomic status · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Demography · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology