Sexual Differences in Jealousy: A social cognition approach

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Sexual Differences in Jealousy: A social cognition approach

The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology / The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology, (P)1229-0726;

2004, v.9 no.2, pp.25-38

& (2004). Sexual Differences in Jealousy: A social cognition approach. The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology, 9(2), 25-38.

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Some previous research has found that a man is more likely to be distressed by imagining his mate's sexual infidelity than her emotional infidelity, whereas the opposite pattern is true for a woman. Theories in the evolutionary perspective interpreted the findings as results of human generic sexual-differences in mating strategies. However, the sociocultural perspective has argued that the sexual differences possibly represents artifacts of measurement - especially, artificial effects from the forced-choice methodology - and the findings are based on effortful cognitive processes rather than spontaneous responses reflecting generically-automatic processes. The present research tested the evolutionary versus sociocultural hypotheses by using both forced-choice and continuous measures of jealousy and reaction times(RTs) for imaging sexual infidelity vs. emotional infidelity. As results, the sexual difference was found only in participants' response on the forced-choice measure of jealousy but not on the continuous measures. Also, there was no sexual difference in the reaction time in imagining sexual versus emotional infidelity. The result also revealed that participants' previous sexual experiences play a moderating role on jealousy experiences. These findings were consistent with the sociocultural explanation of the sexual differences in jealousy.

keywords: 질투심, 성차, 남녀관계, 진화심리학, 사회인지, jealousy, sexual differences, romantic relationship, evolutionary psychology, social cognition, jealousy, sexual differences, romantic relationship, evolutionary psychology, social cognition

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Vol.9 No.2

Sexual Differences in Jealousy: A social cognition approach

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