Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2020 Oct;46(10):1428-1443. doi: 10.1177/0146167220904512. Epub 2020 Mar 10.
Jealousy is a key emotion studied in the context of romantic relationships. One seminal study (Dijkstra, P., & Buunk, B. (1998). Jealousy as a function of rival characteristics: An evolutionary perspective. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24 (11), 1158-1166. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672982411003) investigated the interactions between a participant's gender and their reactions to the attractiveness or dominance of a romantic rival. In a vignette-based study, it was found that women's jealousy was more responsive than men's to a rival's attractiveness, whereas in contrast, the rival's dominance evoked more jealousy from men than from women. Here, we attempt to replicate these interactions in two samples ( = 339 and = 456) and present subsequent meta-analyses (combined s = 5,899 and 4,038, respectively). These meta-analyses showed a small, significant effect of gender on jealousy provoked by rival attractiveness, but no such response to rival dominance. We discuss the potential reasons for these findings and future directions for research on jealousy and rival characteristics.
嫉妒是在浪漫关系背景下研究的关键情绪之一。一项开创性的研究（Dijkstra，P.，& Buunk，B.（1998）。作为竞争对手特征的功能的嫉妒：进化视角。个性与社会心理学公报，24（11），1158-1166。https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672982411003）研究了参与者的性别与其对浪漫竞争对手的吸引力或支配力的反应之间的相互作用。在基于情景的研究中，发现女性的嫉妒比男性对竞争对手的吸引力更敏感，相比之下，竞争对手的支配力引起了男性的嫉妒多于女性。在这里，我们试图在两个样本（n=339 和 n=456）中复制这些相互作用，并呈现随后的荟萃分析（合并 s=5,899 和 4,038）。这些荟萃分析显示，性别对竞争对手吸引力引起的嫉妒有一个小而显著的影响，但对竞争对手的支配力没有这种反应。我们讨论了这些发现的潜在原因以及对嫉妒和竞争对手特征的研究的未来方向。
