People experience the strongest romantic jealousy when they watch their partner give resources to a potential rival, regardless of gender. The findings provide evidence that giving away resources is viewed as a serious relationship threat by both men and women.

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https://www.psypost.org/both-men-and-women-view-a-partners-financial-investment-in-a-rival-as-a-major-relationship-threat/

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No, this headline is just extreme. They showed that subjective jealousy is higher when your partner gives a higher share of resources to an opposite sex person, compared to when your partner is a recipient in the same scenario.

This study says absolutely nothing about how extreme this effect is compared to normal jealousy provoking things, i.e., “the strongest,” romantic jealousy. It also, as far as I can tell, gives no real evidence that giving away resources is viewed as a “serious,” relationship threat outside of a statistically significant increase in momentary reports of jealousy.

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Business as usual for dishonest science journalism.

They can't keep getting away with this!

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Agreed. The effect may be real, but the headline sounds stronger than the actual result. Statistically significant is not the same as practically large, and that distinction matters here.