Relations between different types of jealousy and self and partner perceptions of relationship quality.
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The present paper examines the relationships between relationship quality and three different types of jealousy, including both partners' levels of jealousy and perceptions of relationship quality. It was expected that jealousy in response to a direct threat to the relationship—that is, reactive jealousy—would be positively related to relationship quality, whereas forms of jealousy that may also be triggered in the absence of such a threat would be negatively related to relationship quality. Three studies were conducted among large community samples of heterosexual married and cohabiting couples (a total of 961 couples), using three different operationalizations of relationship quality. In all three studies both partners' levels of reactive jealousy related positively to relationship quality, whereas in all three studies, both partners' levels of anxious jealousy were negatively related to relationship quality. Findings and clinical implications are discussed. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Reactive jealousy is positively related to relationship quality.
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Anxious jealousy is negatively related to relationship quality.
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Possessive jealousy is unrelated to relationship quality.
“In contrast to their hypotheses, possessive jealousy was unrelated to relationship quality.”
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- Authors
- Barelds, D. P. H., & Barelds‐Dijkstra, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Barelds, D. P. H.
- ORCID
- Barelds, D. P. H.
- Venue
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-05
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 176-188
- ISSN
- 1063-3995 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0879
- OpenAlex
- W2150279505
- Cited by
- 122
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 5.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy (publishedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Keywords
- jealousy, relationship quality, married couples, cohabiting couples, partner perceptions, self-perception, heterosexual couples
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