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