Eifersucht in Liebesbeziehungen

Achim Schützwohl

doi:10.1055/s-0031-1271523

Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung, Table of Contents

Z Sex Forsch 2011; 24(2): 134-154
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1271523

ORIGINALARBEIT

Eifersucht in Liebesbeziehungen[1]

Achim Schützwohl

Abstract

Überblick:

Der Autor beschreibt zunächst wesentliche Merkmale der Eifersucht in Liebesbeziehungen, grenzt diese gegenüber ähnlichen psychischen Phänomenen ab und stellt Aufbau und Arbeitsweise der ihr zugrunde liegenden Mechanismen dar. Diese Beschreibung wird geleitet von (a) grundsätzlichen evolutionspsychologischen Überlegungen zur Funktion von Emotionen und (b) zwei konzeptuell bedeutsamen Unterscheidungen bezüglich Eifersucht in Liebesbeziehungen. Die erste Unterscheidung betrifft die Frage, ob die Untreue des Partners lediglich vermutet wird oder bereits mit Gewissheit eingetreten ist. Diese beiden Varianten der Eifersucht werden als Verdachtseifersucht beziehungsweise als „fait accompli“-Eifersucht bezeichnet. Die zweite Unterscheidung bezieht sich auf die Art der Untreue und ihre Implikationen für den Reproduktionserfolg von Frauen und Männern. Einer evolutionspsychologischen Sichtweise der Eifersucht in Liebesbeziehungen zu Folge bedroht die sexuelle Untreue den Reproduktionserfolg der Männer stärker als den der Frauen. Umgekehrt wird der weibliche mehr als der männliche Reproduktionserfolg von emotionaler Untreue gefährdet. Vorschläge für zukünftige Eifersuchtsforschung beenden diesen Beitrag.

Schlüsselwörter:

Eifersucht - Evolutionspsychologie - „fait accompli“-Eifersucht - Liebesbeziehung - sexueller Konflikt - Verdachtseifersucht

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1 Eine erweiterte Fassung dieses Aufsatzes erscheint demnächst als Buchkapitel unter dem Titel: „Romantic Jealousy and Sexual Conflict“, in dem von Shackelford und Goetz herausgegebenen „Oxford Handbook of Sexual Conflict in Humans“ (New York: Oxford University Press).

Dr. A. Schützwohl

Department of Psychology · Brunel University London

Uxbridge, Middlesex

UB8 3PH, United Kingdom

Email: achim.schuetzwohl@brunel.ac.uk