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ArticleEvolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior

An Experimental Test of Jealousy's Evolved Function: Imagined Partner Infidelity Induces Jealousy, Which Predicts Positive Attitude Towards Mate Retention.

Steven Arnocky, Kayla Kubinec, Megan MacKinnon, Dwight Mazmanian

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Article in Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Autistic-Like Traits in Members of the General Population and Mate Retention Tactics: The Mediation of Attachment Styles and Reproductive Strategies.Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior
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4 authors.

Steven ArnockyDepartment of Psychology, Nipissing University, North Bay, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3812-1871
Kayla KubinecDepartment of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada.
Megan MacKinnonDepartment of Psychology, Nipissing University, North Bay, Canada.
Dwight MazmanianDepartment of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Jealousy may have evolved to motivate adaptive compensatory behavior in response to threats to a valued relationship. This suggests that jealousy follows a temporal sequence: A perceived relational threat induces state feelings of jealousy which in turn motivates compensatory behavior, such as mate retention effort. Yet to date, tests of this mediation model have been limited to cross-sectional data. This study is the first to experimentally test this theoretical model. Men and women (

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JealousySexual PartnersAdolescentAdultAttitudeExtramarital RelationsFemaleHumansImaginationInterpersonal RelationsMaleSexual BehaviorYoung Adultbenefit provisioning mate retentioncost-inflicting mate retentionevolution of jealousyinfidelity threatmate retentionromantic jealousy

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PMID39197858
PMCPMC11363030

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