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The Cultural Contribution To Jealousy: Cross-Cultural Aggression in Sexual Jealousy Situations

The Cultural Contribution To Jealousy: Cross-Cultural Aggression in Sexual Jealousy Situations This study explores the cultural contribution to emotional responses.Specifically, it examines the contribution of social structures to the severity of aggression in sexual jealousy situations. It is hypothesized that theaggression in jealousy situations is correlated with the cultural importanceattached to being married, the limitations placed on nonmarital and extramarital sexual gratification, the emphasis on private ownership of property, and the requirement of personal descendants. The social structures andbehavioral patterns that are associated with these variables were rated in92 preindustrial societies and correlated with the aggressiveness of theresponses of men and women in jealousy situations. Stepwise multipleregression analyses on the male data revealed that the social structuresand behavioral patterns that are associated with pair-bonding, sexual gratification, and property accounted for 29 percent of the variance of theresponses in jealousy situations. The contribution of the behavioral patterns that are associated with personal descendants was negligible. Noneof the variance of the female responses was accounted for by the culturalvariables. The latter finding was attributed to the limited options that areavailable to women for coping with unfaithful men. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behavior Science Research SAGE

The Cultural Contribution To Jealousy: Cross-Cultural Aggression in Sexual Jealousy Situations

Hupka, Ralph B.; Ryan, James M.
Behavior Science Research , Volume 24 (1-4): 21 – Feb 1, 1990
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This study explores the cultural contribution to emotional responses.Specifically, it examines the contribution of social structures to the severity of aggression in sexual jealousy situations. It is hypothesized that theaggression in jealousy situations is correlated with the cultural importanceattached to being married, the limitations placed on nonmarital and extramarital sexual gratification, the emphasis on private ownership of property, and the requirement of personal descendants. The social structures andbehavioral patterns that are associated with these variables were rated in92 preindustrial societies and correlated with the aggressiveness of theresponses of men and women in jealousy situations. Stepwise multipleregression analyses on the male data revealed that the social structuresand behavioral patterns that are associated with pair-bonding, sexual gratification, and property accounted for 29 percent of the variance of theresponses in jealousy situations. The contribution of the behavioral patterns that are associated with personal descendants was negligible. Noneof the variance of the female responses was accounted for by the culturalvariables. The latter finding was attributed to the limited options that areavailable to women for coping with unfaithful men.

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Published: Feb 1, 1990

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