title: Distress in response to emotional and sexual infidelity: evidence of evolved gender differences in Spanish students.
abstract: The authors studied gender differences in response to hypothetical infidelity in Spanish students. Using a forced-choice methodology, the authors asked a sample of 266 participants to indicate which kind of infidelity would be more distressing: emotional or sexual. Men were significantly more distressed by sexual infidelity than were women, and women were significantly more distressed by emotional infidelity than were men. Results supported the hypothesis that particular infidelity types, which resemble adaptive problems that human beings faced in the past, contribute to the psychology of jealousy. The results are consistent with previous cross-cultural research.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Psicología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Avenida Ecuador 3650, tercer piso, Santiago, Chile. anfernan@usach.cl
authors.forename: Ana Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vera-Villarroel
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sierra
authors.forename: Ihab
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zubeidat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013030:Spain; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People