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The purpose of the study was to determine whether the differences in jealousy resulted rather from sex (which is consistent with the position of evolutionary psychology) or gender (which is consistent with the position of personality psychology). In addition, it was examined whether both sexes would experience stronger sexual jealousy while measurement on a quantitative scale. For the purposes of research, a survey was constructed, which measured the level of experience of individual emotions and the overall intensity of jealousy in the situation of hypothetical emotional and sexual betrayal. It was based on the model of jealousy proposed by G.L. White and P.E. Mullen. Also, was used a Kuczyńska’s Gender Inventory. The study included 100 people (68 women and 32 men) who remained in a heterosexual partner relationship at the time of the study. The analysis showed that both sexes are experiencing stronger emotions (anger, sadness, envy) in case of sexual than emotional betrayal. The dimension of psychological femininity intensified the overall level of jealousy and the majority of its constituent emotions, the dimension of masculinity lowered anxiety, sadness, and guilt. In addition, it turned out that in the interaction of sex and gender that gender has importance for the emotions experiencing in the case of jealousy.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/j.2018.31.4.121-137
Date of publication: 2019-04-26 10:22:39
Date of submission: 2018-07-30 12:22:27
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