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Men experience more distress from sexual infidelity, while women experience more from emotional infidelity. Female hormone use and estradiol levels influence jealousy responses, potentially disrupting evolved relationship behaviors.

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  • Evolutionary Psychology
  • Human Reproductive Endocrinology

Background:

  • Sex differences in jealousy responses to partner infidelity are well-documented.
  • Hormonal influences on human behavior, particularly in social and reproductive contexts, are increasingly recognized.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between sex hormones and responses to partner infidelity.
  • To examine how female hormone-based birth control and menstrual cycle phase affect jealousy.

Main Methods:

  • Two studies were conducted: Study 1 surveyed males and females on jealousy types. Study 2 assessed females across their menstrual cycle, measuring salivary estradiol and jealousy.
  • Participants included 133 males and 159 females in Study 1, and 47 females in Study 2.

Main Results:

  • Confirmed males are more distressed by sexual infidelity, females by emotional infidelity.
  • Females using hormone-based birth control showed increased sexual jealousy.
  • Estradiol levels correlated with jealousy responses in females during high fertility risk periods.

Conclusions:

  • Female jealousy responses to infidelity are potentially moderated by estradiol levels, particularly during fertile phases.
  • Synthetic hormone use may disrupt the natural relationship between estradiol and jealousy, impacting evolved psychological dispositions.