Buunk, Bram and Angleitner, Alois and Oubaid, Viktor and Buss, David (1996) Sex differences in jealousy in evolutionary and cultural perspective. Tests from the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States. Psychological Science, 7 (6), pp. 359-363. ISSN 2072-8514.
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Abstract
As predicted by models derived from evolutionary psychology. men within the United States have been shown to exhibit greater psychological and physiological distress to sexual than to emotional infidelity of their partner, and women have been shown to exhibit more distress to emotional than to sexual infidelity. Because cross-cultural tests are critical for evolutionary hypotheses, we examined these sex differences in three parallel studies conducted in the Netherlands (N = 207), Germany (N = 200), and the United States (N = 224). Two key findings emerged. First, the sex differences in sexual jealousy are robust across these cultures, providing support for the evolutionary psychological model. Second, the magnitude of the sex differences varies somewhat across cultures—large for the United States, medium for Germany and the Netherlands. Discussion focuses an the evolutionary psychology of jealousy and on the sensitivity of sex differences in the sexual sphere to cultural input
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Document Type: | Article | |||||||||||||||
Title: | Sex differences in jealousy in evolutionary and cultural perspective. Tests from the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States. | |||||||||||||||
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Date: | 6 November 1996 | |||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Psychological Science | |||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Open Access: | No | |||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | |||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | |||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | No | |||||||||||||||
Volume: | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 359-363 | |||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2072-8514 | |||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||
Keywords: | Cultural differences, evolutionary theory, psychology, gender differences | |||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | |||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | |||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | air traffic management and operations | |||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | |||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | L AO - Air Traffic Management and Operation | |||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Human factors and safety in Aeronautics (old) | |||||||||||||||
Location: | Hamburg | |||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Aerospace Medicine > Aviation and Space Psychology | |||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Oubaid, Viktor | |||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 03 Nov 2020 11:33 | |||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2021 20:48 |
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