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Keywords: evolutionary psychology, human nature, sex differences, cultural differences, replication
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 202-208 |
| Journal | Social Psychology |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
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Sex differences in distress from infidelity in early adulthood and in later life : A replication and meta-analysis of Shackelford et al. (2004). / Ijzerman, H.; Blanken, I.; Brandt, M.J.; Oerlemans, J.M.; van den Hoogenhof, M; Franken, S.; Oerlemans, M.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex differences in distress from infidelity in early adulthood and in later life
T2 - A replication and meta-analysis of Shackelford et al. (2004)
AU - Ijzerman, H.
AU - Blanken, I.
AU - Brandt, M.J.
AU - Oerlemans, J.M.
AU - van den Hoogenhof, M
AU - Franken, S.
AU - Oerlemans, M.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Shackelford and colleagues (2004) found that men, compared to women, are more distressed by sexual than emotional infidelity, and this sex difference continued into older age. We conducted four high-powered replications (total N = 1,952) of this effect and found different results. A meta-analysis of original and replication studies finds the sex difference in younger samples (though with a smaller effect size), and no effect among older samples. Furthermore, we found attitude toward uncommitted sex to be a mediator (although not consistently in the same direction) between participant sex and relative distress between sexual and emotional infidelity. We hypothesize that the discrepancies between the original and replication studies may be due to changing cultural attitudes about sex across time. Confirming this speculative interpretation requires further investigation.Keywords: evolutionary psychology, human nature, sex differences, cultural differences, replication
AB - Shackelford and colleagues (2004) found that men, compared to women, are more distressed by sexual than emotional infidelity, and this sex difference continued into older age. We conducted four high-powered replications (total N = 1,952) of this effect and found different results. A meta-analysis of original and replication studies finds the sex difference in younger samples (though with a smaller effect size), and no effect among older samples. Furthermore, we found attitude toward uncommitted sex to be a mediator (although not consistently in the same direction) between participant sex and relative distress between sexual and emotional infidelity. We hypothesize that the discrepancies between the original and replication studies may be due to changing cultural attitudes about sex across time. Confirming this speculative interpretation requires further investigation.Keywords: evolutionary psychology, human nature, sex differences, cultural differences, replication
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10411/20418
U2 - 10.1027/1864-9335/a000185
DO - 10.1027/1864-9335/a000185
M3 - Article
VL - 45
SP - 202
EP - 208
JO - Social Psychology
JF - Social Psychology
SN - 1864-9335
IS - 3
ER -