Father absent women reported significantly more anxious and preventive jealousy than father present women.

Reactive jealousy (in response to actual infidelity) was equally upsetting to father absent and father present women.

Anxious and preventive jealousy are affected by the experience of father abandonment and may consequently makes women hyper vigilant in their relationships with men in order to prevent another abandonment by a male figure.

To conclude, these actions help women create a sense of security in their relationships with men and prevent further costs in terms of reproduction and survival that come with male abandonment.