Patterns of paternal investment predict cross-cultural variation in jealous response

Nature Human Behavior Vol/Iss. . Nature Human Behavior Published In Pages: 1-10
By Scelza, B. A., Prall, S. P., Blumenfield, T.

Hypothesis

Overall, sexual infidelity, regardless of the sex of the unfaithful agent, is viewed more harshly than emotional infidelity.

Note

Variance estimates of severity responses indicate higher variance in ratings of sexual severity (male=0.92; female=1.01) relative to emotional severity (male=0.35; female=0.24) in the best-fit model.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN