Massar Karlijn, Buunk Abraham Bram P
Work & Social Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Evolutionary Social Psychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, The Netherlands.
Psychol Rep. 2016 Feb;118(1):219-235. doi: 10.1177/0033294115625572.
This study investigated sex differences in jealousy after subliminal exposure to rivals wearing high-status or low-status clothes. It was expected that individual differences in preventive jealousy would moderate the relationship between a rival's characteristics and jealousy. Participants (Men: n = 54, M age = 21.6 yr., SD = 3.5; women: n = 71, M age = 20.7 yr., SD = 1.9) completed a parafoveal subliminal priming paradigm as well as questionnaires about jealousy and preventive jealousy. As predicted, women were not affected by their rival's status, but women high in preventive jealousy reported more jealousy than women low in preventive jealousy. However, whereas men low in preventive jealousy reported equal amounts of jealousy after exposure to a high-status and a low-status rival, surprisingly, and contrary to the expectations, men high in preventive jealousy reported most jealousy after exposure to a low-status rival. To explain these unexpected results, threats to self-esteem were discussed.
本研究调查了在阈下暴露于穿着高地位或低地位服装的竞争对手后嫉妒情绪中的性别差异。预计预防性嫉妒的个体差异会调节竞争对手特征与嫉妒之间的关系。参与者（男性：n = 54，年龄均值M = 21.6岁，标准差SD = 3.5；女性：n = 71，年龄均值M = 20.7岁，标准差SD = 1.9）完成了一项副中央凹阈下启动范式以及关于嫉妒和预防性嫉妒的问卷。正如预测的那样，女性不受竞争对手地位的影响，但预防性嫉妒程度高的女性比预防性嫉妒程度低的女性报告的嫉妒情绪更多。然而，预防性嫉妒程度低的男性在暴露于高地位和低地位竞争对手后报告的嫉妒程度相同，令人惊讶的是，与预期相反，预防性嫉妒程度高的男性在暴露于低地位竞争对手后报告的嫉妒情绪最多。为了解释这些意外结果，讨论了对自尊的威胁。
