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Presentation By : Nicole Chillingworth , Ashley Peak and Gabriella Spirito

MEN'S DESIRE FOR CHILDREN CARRYING THEIR GENES AND SEXUAL JEALOUSY: A TEST OF PATERNITY UNCERTAINTY AS AN EXPLANATION OF MALE SEXUAL JEALOUSY. Presentation By : Nicole Chillingworth , Ashley Peak and Gabriella Spirito.

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Presentation By : Nicole Chillingworth , Ashley Peak and Gabriella Spirito

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  1. MEN'S DESIRE FOR CHILDREN CARRYING THEIR GENES AND SEXUAL JEALOUSY: A TEST OF PATERNITY UNCERTAINTY AS AN EXPLANATION OF MALE SEXUAL JEALOUSY Presentation By: Nicole Chillingworth, Ashley Peak and Gabriella Spirito

  2. Mathes, E.W. (2005) Men’s Desire for Children Carrying Their Genes and Sexual Jealousy; A Test of Paternity Uncertainty As An Explanation of Male Sexual Jealousy. Psychological Reports, 96, 791-798.

  3. Introduction • Men as sexually jealous • Women as emotionally jealous • Paternity uncertainty, “double shot”, sexual strategies show differences in sexes and self-esteem

  4. Method and Measures • Desire for Children Scale • Prejudice Against Adopted and Stepchildren subscale • Intercourse Sexual Jealousy Item • Positions Jealousy Item

  5. Results • Men and Desire for Children Scale • Women and emotional jealousy • Consistent with the prediction for women, scores on the Desire for Children Scale did not correlate with ratings on the jealousy item.

  6. Interesting Facts • Sexual Jealousy in men • Uncertainty of paternity • Women and men enter into relationships for different reasons

  7. Critical Review • Problems with the sample group • No personal opinion • More in-depth questionnaire and background on participants.

  8. Conclusion • For men, Desire for Children correlates directly to Sexually jealousy • For women, Desire for Children does not correlate directly to sexual jealousy. • More studies should be done on this topic

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