Women's Romantic Jealousy Predicts Risky Appearance Enhancement Effort [PDF]
Evolutionary Psychology, 2023 Human appearance enhancement effort has recently been considered from an evolutionary perspective as an adaptive and sexually dimorphic strategy for effective female intrasexual and intersexual competition.
Steven Arnocky +4 more
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Gender differences in romantic jealousy and attachment styles [PDF]
Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2017 Objective: We examined the gender differences and attachment styles with regard to the phenomenology of jealousy among married individuals. Method: The study included 86 married couples who presented to the Marriage Counselling Centre at the Bakırköy ...
Oya Güçlü +3 more
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Pattern and Demographic Determinants of Romantic Jealousy among Adults in Nigeria
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture, 2023 Background: Jealousy in a romantic relationship contributes to other factors that could either sustain or destroy that relationship. There has been an increasing trend in the rate of broken relationships, marriage, and courtships, which is contrary to ...
Joy Osagiator Ariyo +3 more
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What Is the Link of Closeness and Jealousy in Romantic Relationships? [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesFrom an evolutionary perspective, love and attachment foster closeness, while jealousy ensures exclusivity in romantic relationships. This study examined the links between jealousy and affective aspects of love, hypothesizing positive associations ...
Ana María Fernández +5 more
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"I Know How to Identify and Communicate My Needs": A Qualitative Study of the Self-Perceived Strengths of People in Polyamorous Relationships. [PDF]
J Marital Fam TherABSTRACT Little empirical research has adopted a strength‐based approach to examine strategies that help offset challenges (e.g., discrimination, internalized stigma) faced by people in polyamorous relationships. The current qualitative study assessed the self‐perceived strengths of 63 US‐based, adult participants who reported present or former ...
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Romantic Jealousy: A Comprehensive Review
Psikiyatride Güncel YaklaşımlarJealousy in a romantic relationship can have destructive consequences, such as ending relationships and leading to violent behaviors. Despite being heavily studied internationally for nearly three decades, it has not received sufficient attention in ...
Nazlı Karakoçoğlu, Derya Hasdağ
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Between-Sex Differences in Romantic Jealousy: Substance or Spin? A Qualitative Analysis [PDF]
Evolutionary Psychology, 2012 An influential evolutionary account of romantic jealousy proposes that natural selection shaped a specific sexually-dimorphic psychological mechanism in response to relationship threat.
Nicola J. Fussell, Brian T. Stollery
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Localizing adult playfulness in dimensions of romantic attachment and jealousy in singles [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyAdult playfulness is a personality trait gaining increasing attention, particularly in romantic contexts. We localize four facets of playfulness (Other-directed, Lighthearted, Intellectual, and Whimsical) within dimensions of attachment styles and ...
Kay Brauer, René T. Proyer
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Facial femininity of potential rivals predicts jealousy in both heterosexual and lesbian women [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIndividuals displaying cues of higher mate value (e.g., attractive characteristics) are thought to represent a greater threat to pair bonds and, consequently, elicit greater jealousy.
Junzhi Dong +3 more
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Extending the study of playfulness in romantic life: Analyzing associations with attachment and jealousy in same-gender and opposite-gender couples [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAdult playfulness describes individual differences in (re)framing situations so that they are experienced as entertaining, and/or interesting, and/or intellectually stimulating. There is increasing interest in its role for romantic life.
Kay Brauer +2 more
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