Schützwohl Achim, Morjaria Sheena, Alvis Shahin
Department of Psychology, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK.
Evol Psychol. 2011 Sep 15;9(3):417-29. doi: 10.1177/147470491100900310.
The present study investigates the hitherto neglected influence of the spatial distance between the jealous person, the partner, and a potential rival as a proximate contextual factor regulating emotion intensity. The study tested four predictions. (1) The jealousy mechanism responds with mild negative feelings at most as long as the partner is close to the jealous person. (2) The negative feelings increase when the partner is far from the jealous person but the rival is close. (3) The most uncomfortable feelings result when the partner and the rival are close together and both far from the jealous person. (4) Based on the evolutionary psychological considerations, men report stronger negative feelings than women when suspecting sexual infidelity. Conversely, women report stronger negative feelings than men when suspecting emotional infidelity. The results confirmed predictions 1 and 4. Reversing predictions 2 and 3, the close rival consistently elicited the most uncomfortable feelings. Implications and limitations of the present study are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided.
本研究调查了嫉妒者、伴侣和潜在情敌之间的空间距离这一迄今被忽视的影响，将其作为调节情绪强度的近因情境因素。该研究检验了四个预测。（1）只要伴侣与嫉妒者距离较近，嫉妒机制最多只会产生轻微的负面情绪。（2）当伴侣与嫉妒者距离较远但情敌与嫉妒者距离较近时，负面情绪会增加。（3）当伴侣和情敌距离较近且都与嫉妒者距离较远时，会产生最不舒服的感觉。（4）基于进化心理学的考虑，在怀疑性不忠时，男性报告的负面情绪比女性更强烈。相反，在怀疑情感不忠时，女性报告的负面情绪比男性更强烈。结果证实了预测1和4。与预测2和3相反，接近的情敌始终引发最不舒服的感觉。本文讨论了本研究的意义和局限性，并为未来研究提供了建议。
