{"id":4582,"date":"2012-07-12T08:34:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T12:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/?p=4582"},"modified":"2012-07-12T11:36:30","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T15:36:30","slug":"study-suggests-sharing-a-meal-with-ex-partner-more-potentially-jealousy-inducing-than-non-food-related-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2012\/07\/study-suggests-sharing-a-meal-with-ex-partner-more-potentially-jealousy-inducing-than-non-food-related-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Study suggests sharing a meal with ex-partner more potentially jealousy-inducing than non-food-related activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"dining out\" src=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/images\/blogpics\/Diners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Sharing a meal with a former romantic partner is more likely than other, non-food-related activities to make your current partner jealous<\/strong>, according to a study published July 11 in the open access journal <em>PLoS ONE<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The authors, led by Kevin Kniffin of Cornell University, asked undergraduate students to rate their jealousy in response to hypothetical scenarios involving their romantic partner engaging with a former partner, either by email, phone, coffee, or a meal. <strong>They found that a meal elicited the highest jealousy ratings, potentially pointing to the importance of meals for human relationships and intimacy<\/strong>. Interestingly, the researchers did not find any significant differences in the jealousy reported by male versus female participants.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kniffin remarks, &#8220;Given the tradition and fashion of food sharing among co-workers, family members, and friends, our findings are notably consistent with the idea that eating together has importance beyond nutritional factors. By applying a functional view of jealousy, our studies yield the inference that people think meals can be more than just meals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Citation: Kniffin KM, Wansink B (2012) It&#8217;s Not Just Lunch: Extra-Pair Commensality Can Trigger Sexual Jealousy. <em>PLoS ONE<\/em> 7(7): e40445. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0040445\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0040445<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Sharing a meal with a former romantic partner is more likely than other, non-food-related activities to make your current partner jealous, according to a study published July 11 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. 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