Birnbaum Gurit E, Kanat-Maymon Yaniv, Zholtack Kobi, Avidan Rafael, Reis Harry T
Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University (IDC, Herzliya), P.O. Box 167, 46150, Herzliya, Israel.
Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2025 Jan;54(1):139-156. doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02997-0. Epub 2024 Sep 16.
Power in non-romantic contexts makes people confident in their ability to attract potential partners, increasing their mating motivation and the likelihood of acting on this motivation. Four studies investigated whether perceptions of power within romantic relationships would also activate mating goals, intensifying desires for alternative partners. In Studies 1 and 2, participants underwent power manipulation and then described a sexual fantasy or evaluated photos of attractive strangers. Studies 3 and 4 used face-to-face interaction and daily experiences methods to examine the mechanisms underlying the link between power and extradyadic desires. Overall, high perceived relationship power was associated with increased interest in alternatives. Perceived relative mate value explained this association, suggesting that what determines whether power elicits extradyadic interest is not power perceptions alone but rather the feeling of having a higher mate value than one's partner that accompanies elevated power and affects whether high-power individuals will prioritize their own needs in ways that may hurt their partners.
在非浪漫情境中的权力会让人对自己吸引潜在伴侣的能力充满信心，增强他们的交配动机以及基于这种动机采取行动的可能性。四项研究调查了浪漫关系中的权力认知是否也会激活交配目标，强化对其他伴侣的欲望。在研究1和研究2中，参与者接受权力操纵，然后描述一个性幻想或评估有吸引力的陌生人的照片。研究3和研究4使用面对面互动和日常经历方法来探究权力与婚外欲望之间联系的潜在机制。总体而言，较高的感知到的关系权力与对其他伴侣的兴趣增加有关。感知到的相对配偶价值解释了这种关联，这表明决定权力是否引发婚外兴趣的不仅仅是权力认知，而是伴随着权力提升而产生的比伴侣具有更高配偶价值的感觉，这种感觉会影响高权力个体是否会以可能伤害伴侣的方式优先考虑自身需求。
