The Relationship between Jealousy and Mate Retention Strategies in Romantic Relationships among Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Paulina Degiuli, Lea Andreis, Dario Vučenović
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Jealousy and mate retention have received attention in research over the last few decades. Despite this, most of the research has examined male jealousy and male mate retention, emphasizing cost-inflicting behavior due to its role in relationships and domestic violence. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between jealousy and all mate retention strategies in romantic relationships among women during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample consisted of 772 Croatian women aged 19 to 40 who were in a heterosexual relationship at the time. This study was conducted online, and the participants completed the Multidimensional Jealousy Scale and Mate Retention Inventory. The results showed that cognitive, emotional, and behavioral jealousy were positively correlated with all mate retention strategies, which indicates that a stronger experience of jealousy can be expected to result in more frequent use of all partner retention strategies. We also found that all three dimensions of jealousy and relationship length positively predicted both cost-inflicting and benefit-provisioning mate retention behavior, whereas age was a negative predictor of benefit-provisioning behavior only. The findings of this study suggest that, although jealousy can substantially explain interpersonally risky and damaging behavior in relationships, it can also explain affectionate and attentive behavior, to some extent.

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在 COVID-19 大流行期间,女性在恋爱关系中的嫉妒与保留配偶策略之间的关系。
在过去的几十年里,嫉妒和配偶保留一直受到研究的关注。尽管如此,大部分的研究都是针对男性嫉妒和男性配偶保留的,由于其在人际关系和家庭暴力中的作用,这些研究都强调了破坏成本的行为。本研究的目的是调查在 COVID-19 大流行期间,女性在恋爱关系中的嫉妒与所有配偶保留策略之间的关系。样本包括 772 名年龄在 19-40 岁之间、当时处于异性关系中的克罗地亚女性。这项研究是在网上进行的,参与者填写了多维嫉妒量表和配偶保留量表。结果显示,认知、情感和行为上的嫉妒与所有的伴侣挽留策略都呈正相关,这表明强烈的嫉妒体验可望导致更频繁地使用所有伴侣挽留策略。我们还发现,嫉妒的所有三个维度和关系的长短都能正向预测影响成本和提供利益的配偶挽留行为,而年龄只能负向预测提供利益的行为。本研究的结果表明,尽管嫉妒可以在很大程度上解释人际关系中的风险和破坏行为,但它也可以在一定程度上解释深情和体贴行为。
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