Psychological research into the jungian psychoanalytical thesis on promiscuity

Abstract

According to the Jungian psychoanalytic thesis on promiscuity, there are two types of promiscuity: Saturnian or cold type, and Jupiterian or warm type. There are now however some controversial results from other psychological research into constructs that are close to promiscuity, for example short term mating, sociosexuality, marital (partnership) infidelity. So further research could now investigate possible »types« of promiscuity, because clusters or combined »types« of higher extroversion, lower agreeableness and lower conscientiousness could exist, which would extend our understanding of promiscuity. It can be hypothesised that the psychoanalytic thesis on promiscuity could represent an adequate frame for further research into some of the basic psychological characteristics of, as well as types of promiscuity in both men and women.