Lammers Joris, Maner Jon
a Department of Psychology , University of Cologne.
b Department of Psychology , Florida State University.
J Sex Res. 2016;53(1):54-63. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2014.989483. Epub 2015 Feb 6.
Previous research shows that powerful people are more likely than those lacking power to engage in infidelity. One possible explanation holds (a) that power psychologically releases people from the inhibiting effects of social norms and thus increases their appetite for counternormative forms of sexuality. Two alternative explanations are (b) that power increases appetite for any form of sexuality, normative or counternormative, and (c) that power makes men (but not women) seem more attractive to others and thus increases their access to potential mating opportunities. The current research tested these explanations using correlational data from 610 Dutch men and women. Supporting the first explanation, power's relationship with infidelity was statistically mediated by increased attraction to the secrecy associated with infidelity. Inconsistent with the second explanation, power was linked with infidelity but not with casual sex among singles (a more normative form of sexuality). Inconsistent with the third explanation, the link between power and infidelity was observed just as strongly in women as in men. Findings suggest that power may be associated with infidelity because power draws people to the counternormative aspects of infidelity. Implications for theories of power, sexuality, and gender are discussed.
先前的研究表明，有权势的人比无权势的人更有可能出轨。一种可能的解释是：（a）权力在心理上使人们摆脱了社会规范的抑制作用，从而增加了他们对反规范形式性行为的欲望。另外两种解释是：（b）权力增加了对任何形式性行为（规范的或反规范的）的欲望，以及（c）权力使男性（而非女性）对他人更具吸引力，从而增加了他们获得潜在交配机会的可能性。当前的研究使用来自610名荷兰男性和女性的相关数据对这些解释进行了检验。支持第一种解释的是，权力与出轨之间的关系在统计上是由对与出轨相关的秘密的吸引力增加所介导的。与第二种解释不一致的是，权力与出轨有关，但与单身者的随意性行为（一种更规范的性行为形式）无关。与第三种解释不一致的是，权力与出轨之间的联系在女性中与在男性中一样强烈。研究结果表明，权力可能与出轨有关，因为权力将人们引向了出轨的反规范方面。文中还讨论了这些发现对权力、性和性别的理论的启示。
