ABSTRACT

Erectile dysfunction (ED) has been shown to have a considerable impact on romantic relationships. The purpose of the present research was to examine whether the associations that ED had with men’s mate retention behaviors, partner-directed insults, partner-directed violence, and injuries inflicted on the partner were mediated by suspicious jealousy but not reactive jealousy. These associations were examined using self-reports of men (Study 1) and partner-reports provided by women about their perceptions of their male partner (Study 2). The results of both studies indicated that suspicious jealousy (but not reactive jealousy) mediated the associations that ED had with the partner-directed behaviors of men in their romantic relationships. Specifically, higher levels of ED were associated with men experiencing (or being perceived to experience) more suspicious jealousy which, in turn, predicted their use of mate retention behaviors, partner-directed insults, and partner-directed violence as well as the infliction of injuries on their female partners. In our discussion, we address the evolutionary implications of these associations, as well as limitations and directions for future research on ED.

摘要

勃起功能障碍 (ED) 已被证明对恋爱关系有相当大的影响。本研究的目的是检查 ED 与男性的配偶保留行为、伴侣定向的侮辱、伴侣定向的暴力和对伴侣造成的伤害的关联是否由可疑嫉妒而不是反应性嫉妒介导。使用男性的自我报告（研究 1）和女性提供的关于她们对男性伴侣的看法的伴侣报告（研究 2）来检查这些关联。两项研究的结果表明，可疑的嫉妒（但不是反应性嫉妒）介导了 ED 与男性在恋爱关系中以伴侣为导向的行为的关联。具体来说，更高水平的 ED 与男性经历（或被认为经历）更多可疑的嫉妒有关，这反过来又预测了他们使用伴侣保留行为、伴侣引导的侮辱和伴侣引导的暴力以及对他人造成的伤害他们的女性伴侣。在我们的讨论中，我们讨论了这些关联的进化意义，以及未来对 ED 研究的局限性和方向。