Kecemburuan pada Laki-laki dan Perempuan dalam Menghadapi Perselingkuhan Pasangan Melalui Media Internet

Widya Asriana dan Yudiana Ratnasari

Abstract

Research  on  the  type  of  infidelity  that  causes  jealousy  in  men  and women show consistent results, namely that men are more jealous of sexual infidelity  in  the  face  of  a  partner  than  women,  whereas  women  are  more jealous  in  the  face  of  emotional  infidelity  than  male  partners.  Infidelity through the internet a threat to the relationship to the individual in modern times now. Therefore, this study find out about the differences of men  and women  in  the  face  of  emotional  infidelity  and  sexual  partner  through internet  media.  This  hypothesis  was  tested  using  a  forced-choice  dilemmas in which participants (N = 168) were asked to choose the type of infidelity is more cause of jealousy: emotional or sexual. The results show that in the face  of  a  partner's  infidelity via  the  Internet  media,  both  men  and  women were  significantly  more  jealous  in  dealing  with  emotional  infidelity  than sexual  infidelity.  Women,  when  compared  with  men,  more  jealous  partner in  dealing  with  emotional  infidelity,  but  there  were  no  significant differences between male and female partner's sexual infidelity in the face. The  results  of  this  study  will  be  discussed  in  the  context  of  the  theory  of evolutionary  psychology.  This  important  study  carried  out  in  order  to  a rise the  awareness  that  the  relationship  over  the  Internet  can  provide  a  serious effect on  relationships in the real world.

Keywords : Jealousy, infidelity, cyberlove, cybersex