Jealousy, Infidelity and Physical Attractiveness in Young Adults

Josep Mercadal^1* & Carles Perez²

¹IUSM Fundacio Vidal i Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain
²FPCEE Blanquerna, Universidat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Josep Mercadal, IUSM Fundacio Vidal i Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain.

Keywords: Infidelity; Jealousy; Physical Attractiveness

Abstract

This study focused on the variables physical attractiveness, infidelity and jealousy with the goal of studying whether there was a relationship between people with higher physical attractiveness scores and lower jealousy scores and a more favourable attitude towards infidelity. To accomplish this, we had a sample of 87 subjects (34 men and 53 women). We found that there was no relationship between jealousy and infidelity, but there was a relationship between physical attractiveness and infidelity, in that those with higher scores on physical attractiveness were significantly more unfaithful.
We also sought to relate sexual freedom and physical attractiveness and found that the score on physical attractiveness influenced the desire to live in a sexually freer society where promiscuity was not stigmatised.
Finally, we found that the higher the score on physical attractiveness the greater the tendency to repress oneself from being unfaithful due to social pressure.

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