Resumen

FUENTES CUINAS, Ana Alejandra  y  KOVAL, Santiago. Infidelity Perceptions in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2018, vol.17, n.2, pp.59-67. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.upsy.17-2.piaa.

An exploratory study was conducted on 600 adults from the Metropolitan Area of ​​Buenos Aires regarded infidelity, typifying the population through a taxonomy of emotional responses with an online questionnaire. According to previous research, and opposite to women, men would show sexual and non-emotional jealousies responses, since female infidelity could lead to the possibility of having offspring that were not genetically theirs. Behaviors were organized according to the Perceptions of Dating Infidelity Scale, distinguishing three kinds of responses: ambiguous, explicit and misleading ones. Using Chi square, we discuss the differences regarding these variables: age, marital status, gender, educational level and religious practices.

Palabras clave : infidelity; emotional responses; age; marital status; gender differences.

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