TY - JOUR
T1 - Romantic Jealousy
T2 - A Test of Social Cognitive and Evolutionary Models in A Population-Representative Sample of Adults
AU - de Visser, Richard
AU - Richters, Juliet
AU - Rissel, Chris
AU - Grulich, Andrew
AU - Simpson, Judy
AU - Rodrigues, David
AU - Lopes, Diniz
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Whereas sexually dimorphic evolutionary models argue for clear sex differences in responses to jealousy-evoking scenarios, social cognitive models emphasize the importance of other factors. This paper explores variables associated with responses to a commonly-used jealousy-evoking scenario in a population-representative sample. Data from 8,386 Australian men and women aged 16–69 were weighted to match the population. The results provided some support for evolutionary models among heterosexual respondents, but findings contrary to evolutionary models were found among non-heterosexual respondents. Support for social cognitive models was provided by the identification of six variables that had significant independent multivariate associations with jealousy: sex, age, education, lifetime number of partners, relationship status, and attitudes toward infidelity. The results suggest that although men and women may tend to respond differently to sexual or emotional infidelity scenarios, the anticipated experience of jealousy in each context is strongly influenced by biographical and cultural factors.
AB - Whereas sexually dimorphic evolutionary models argue for clear sex differences in responses to jealousy-evoking scenarios, social cognitive models emphasize the importance of other factors. This paper explores variables associated with responses to a commonly-used jealousy-evoking scenario in a population-representative sample. Data from 8,386 Australian men and women aged 16–69 were weighted to match the population. The results provided some support for evolutionary models among heterosexual respondents, but findings contrary to evolutionary models were found among non-heterosexual respondents. Support for social cognitive models was provided by the identification of six variables that had significant independent multivariate associations with jealousy: sex, age, education, lifetime number of partners, relationship status, and attitudes toward infidelity. The results suggest that although men and women may tend to respond differently to sexual or emotional infidelity scenarios, the anticipated experience of jealousy in each context is strongly influenced by biographical and cultural factors.
KW - sexually dimorphic evolutionary models
KW - jealousy-evoking scenarios
KW - social cognitive models
KW - experience of jealousy
KW - associations with jealousy
KW - age
KW - sex
KW - education
KW - lifetime number of partners
KW - relationship status
KW - attitudes toward infidelity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065985173&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/1002174
U2 - 10.1080/00224499.2019.1613482
DO - 10.1080/00224499.2019.1613482
M3 - Article
C2 - 31090451
AN - SCOPUS:85065985173
VL - 57
SP - 498
EP - 507
JO - Journal of Sea Research
JF - Journal of Sea Research
SN - 1385-1101
IS - 4
ER -