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The adaptive value of jealousy The adaptive value of jealousy
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Types of Jealousy Types of Jealousy
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Possessive Jealousy Possessive Jealousy
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Possessive Jealousy and Freedom of Mate Choice Possessive Jealousy and Freedom of Mate Choice
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Possessive Jealousy and Domestic Violence Possessive Jealousy and Domestic Violence
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Possessive Jealousy and Attachment Possessive Jealousy and Attachment
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Possessive Jealousy and Menstrual Cycle Effects Possessive Jealousy and Menstrual Cycle Effects
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Reactive Jealousy: Anticipated and “Fait-Accompli” Reactive Jealousy: Anticipated and “Fait-Accompli”
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Sexual vs. Emotional Reactive Jealousy Sexual vs. Emotional Reactive Jealousy
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Intrasexual Competition and the Role of the Rival Intrasexual Competition and the Role of the Rival
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Male Intrasexual Competition Male Intrasexual Competition
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Female Intrasexual Competition Female Intrasexual Competition
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Jealousy and Rival Characteristics Jealousy and Rival Characteristics
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Questionnaire Studies Questionnaire Studies
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Experimental Studies Experimental Studies
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Subliminal Priming Studies Subliminal Priming Studies
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Conclusion: The adaptive value of possessive and reactive jealousy Conclusion: The adaptive value of possessive and reactive jealousy
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12 Jealousy in Close Relationships From an Evolutionary and Cultural Perspective: Responding to Real and Feared Rivals
Get accessAbraham P. Buunk was a Professor of Evolutionary Social Psychology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands until 2012. From 2013 to 2017 he was a part-time Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at the University of Curaçao. Dr. Buunk’s research focuses primarily on evolutionary and cultural approaches of human behavior, recently especially intrasexual competitiveness, jealousy, the effects of father absence, the psychological effects of height, and parental control of mate choice.
Karlijn Massar, Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University
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Published:23 February 2023
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Abstract
Jealousy occurs when one feels an actual or potential intimate relationship is threatened by a real or imagined rival. This chapter shows that the psychological experience of jealousy is associated with physical and hormonal characteristics. Particularly, the focus is on the distinction between possessive jealousy and reactive jealousy in humans and other species. Possessive jealousy is a preventive reaction that often results in mate guarding. Among human males, possessive jealousy aims to prevent investment in offspring sired by another male, whereas among human females, it seems to have evolved to obtain and preserve the investment of males in offspring and for disease avoidance. Possessive jealousy is related to cultural factors, such as parental control of mate choice, life history (in particular attachment style and father absence), and domestic violence. Regarding reactive jealousy (i.e., the responses to actual sexual and emotional intimacy with a third person), we discuss sex differences in emotional versus sexual jealousy, how reactive jealousy is experienced, and the variables to which it is related. Jealousy implies by definition a rival, and assessing the threat of a rival is a basic, adaptive mechanism rooted in intrasexual competition. This aspect of jealousy may also occur when one has not yet established a relationship but is trying to obtain a mate. In the context of the evaluation of rivals, we focus in particular on sex differences and similarities in the rival characteristics that evoke jealousy among heterosexual, homosexual, and transgender men and women.
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