Mate competition in Pakistan: Mate value, mate retention, and competitor derogation

Impact of Sexual Jealousy on Partner Infidelity among University Students: Gender as Moderator

“…The male jealousy for their partner being unfaithful would function to reduce the risk of females being infused by the rival males whereas female jealousy functions to reduce the risk of their male partners investing the resources or getting emotionally attached with the rival females (Buss et al, 2001;Kemer et al, 2016). Further, as the study conducted in Pakistani population by Chaudhary et al (2018) also supports the findings of our research that gender-differentiated factors are considered important for the mate retention strategies for causing sexual jealousy and partner infidelity among the young population. The above cited literature and inferences drawn from our results supports the study design and relationship of sexual jealousy and partner infidelity being examined in this research.…”

“…Studies have reported that due to social acceptance of male infidelity, women feel weak for affecting their partners so that they remain faithful and loyal in their relationships (Boyce et al, 2016;Hahm et al, 2012). In Pakistani context, a study conducted by Chaudhary et al (2018) on mate competition proposed that, male usually depict the cues of intra sexual jealousy and threatening infidelity while females exhibits mate-retention strategies against these cues as a defence mechanism. However, the prevalence and proportion of sexual jealousy and infidelity among the partners and its possible effects are yet to be explored.…”

Mate Preferences in Three Muslim-Majority Countries: Sex Differences and Personality Correlates

“…To our knowledge, no cross-cultural study has investigated personality and mate preferences in religious Muslim-majority countries. The few studies in non-WEIRD, Muslim-majority countries focused exclusively on limited samples (e.g., Atari & Chegeni, 2017; Chaudhary et al, 2018) and do not reveal anything about the relationship between basic personality traits (i.e., the Big Five) and long-term mate preferences in such cultural settings. Therefore, it is important to further examine the links between different personality traits and mate preferences in different cultures, particularly non-WEIRD ones (Štěrbová et al, 2017).…”

“…The processes underlying human mate choice and people’s preferences in choosing a long-term romantic partner are complex (Conroy-Beam & Buss, 2016). Although most of the literature on human mating psychology relies heavily on Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic societies (WEIRD; Henrich, Heine, & Norenzayan, 2010), psychologists have recently begun to explore mating psychology in Middle Eastern Muslim-majority countries (e.g., Chaudhary, Al-Shawaf, & Buss, 2018; Chegeni, Pirkalani, & Dehshiri, 2018). Using a recently developed multidimensional model of long-term mate preferences in Iran (Atari, 2017), we present, and make publicly available, data from three Muslim-majority countries (Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey), examine preregistered hypotheses about sex differences in mate preferences in these cultures, and investigate Big Five predictors of mate preferences in each culture.…”

Competitor derogation in romantic jealousy and friendship rivalry.

“…The aim of the present article is to continue this line of research by comparing the derogation of a same-sex competitor in romantic relationships and friendships. The derogation of a competitor is a frequently used and efficient strategy triggered by jealousy in romantic relationships, trying to reduce her or his value (e.g., Bendixen & Kennair, 2015;Buss & Dedden, 1990;Chaudhary, Al-Shawaf, & Buss, 2018;Schmitt & Buss, 1996;Schulz, 1988). We decided to compare competitor derogation in response to threats to romantic relationship with those to threats to a same-sex friendship because the best same-sex friend comes closest to a romantic partner in several important aspects.…”