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Evolutionary psychology

the proposal that anger and upset arise when one sex's mating strategy is blocked by the other's, producing predictable sex differences in what provokes distress.

In evolutionary psychology, strategic interference theory refers to the proposal that anger and upset arise when one sex's mating strategy is blocked by the other's, producing predictable sex differences in what provokes distress. This meaning comes from Buss (1989) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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References

Buss, D. M. (1989). Conflict between the sexes: Strategic interference and the evocation of anger and upset. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56(5), 735-747. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.56.5.735

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