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Manipulation

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Intersexual negative inducements; Partner exploitation

Definition

Some forms of mate retention involve the use of deception, manipulation, and exploitation of a romantic partner.

Introduction

Some mate retention tactics are used to manipulate a partner. For instance, in the Mate Retention Tactics Scale, the subscale intersexual negative inducements consists of items that measure behaviors used by one partner to get what he or she wants from the other partner and to provoke negative emotions from a partner (Shackelford et al. 2005). For instance, an individual may flirt with someone in front of his or her partner to cause sexual jealousy. Provoking jealousy may be used as a tactic to manipulate a partner into paying more attention to the individual or to discourage a partner from paying attention to someone he or she is interested in romantically.

Mate Retention in Marriage

Research on married couples shows that mate value plays a role in manipulation of a partner. Mate value...

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  1. Psychology Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, USA

    Alita Cousins

  2. Eastern Connecticut State, Willimantic, CT, USA

    Madeleine Fugère

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  1. Oakland Univ Dept of Psycholgy, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana Weekes-Shackelford

  2. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

  3. Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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Cousins, A., Fugère, M. (2016). Manipulation. In: Weekes-Shackelford, V., Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_147-1

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