This study examined the influence of the type of partner infidelity (sexual vs. emotional) and sex of participant on actual mate abandonment and mate retention behaviors. It was predicted that men would engage in significantly more mate abandonment behaviors after experiencing a physical infidelity and that women would engage in significantly more mate abandonment behaviors after experiencing an emotional infidelity. To test this hypothesis, men and women who had either experienced a sexual or emotional infidelity were recruited and were asked to complete several measures designed to indicate their behavioral responses to the infidelity. The men and women in the study showed the predicted asymmetrical pattern of behavioral choices in response to sexual and emotional infidelity.

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约会关系中对情绪和性不忠行为的反应中的性别差异

这项研究检查了伴侣的不忠行为类型（性与情感）和参与者的性别对实际伴侣放弃和伴侣保留行为的影响。据预测，男人在遭受身体上的不忠行为后会进行更多的伴侣抛弃行为，而女性在经历了情感上的不忠行为后会进行明显更多的伴侣抛弃行为。为了检验这一假设，招募了经历过性或情感不忠的男人和女人，并要求他们完成一些旨在表明其对不忠行为的反应的措施。研究中的男性和女性显示出对性和情感不忠行为的预期行为选择不对称模式。