Sex Differences in Jealousy

Valentová, Jaroslava Varella

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“…However, this result might not generalize to more specific aspects of jealousy, such as sexual vs. emotional jealousy ( Edlund and Sagarin, 2017 ) or to different types of jealousy measures (e.g., scenario measures). Whereas women tend to report higher emotional jealousy, men tend to express more sexual jealousy, and these associations are further qualified by sexual orientation ( Valentova, 2019 ).…”

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Adult Attachment and Personality as Predictors of Jealousy in Romantic Relationships

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Functional relationships between romantic jealousy and traits, such as neuroticism or adult attachment styles, are well-known. For the first time, we conducted a joint analysis of the Big Five traits and attachment dimensions as predictors of jealousy, which considered gender differences as well as differences in infidelity experiences and relationship status. In 847 participants, path modeling showed that higher neuroticism, lower agreeableness, and lower openness predicted higher romantic jealousy. The attachment dimensions “anxiety” and “depend” partly mediated the effect of neuroticism and fully mediated the effect of agreeableness on romantic jealousy. The direct and indirect relationships did not differ as a function of gender, relationship status, and infidelity experiences. These findings contribute to a better understanding of individual differences in romantic jealousy from a personality perspective.

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Adult Attachment and Personality as Predictors of Jealousy in Romantic Relationships

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Jealousy Is Influenced by Sex of the Individual, Their Partner, and Their Rival

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Validation study of the Italian brief version of the multidimensional jealousy scale: Psychometric properties, measurement invariance across gender, and convergent validity

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IntroductionThe multidimensional jealousy scale (MJS) is among the most internationally used instruments for the assessment of jealousy in its three dimensions: cognitive, emotional, and behavioral. This study aimed to replicate the Italian validation process of the shortened MJS in order to confirm its psychometric properties and measurement invariance across gender.Materials and methodsExploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted in a large sample of adults (n = 2,928). To reliably estimate mean differences across gender, the measurement invariance of the scale was first established by means of CFA. Convergent validity was than tested by administrating the tool to a convenient sample (n = 304).ResultsA 15-item version of the Italian MJS was retained in its three-factor structure. The tool showed good fit with both the CFA (χ2 = 211.827, CFI = 0.969, TLI = 0.959, RMSEA = 0.047, RMSEA 90% CI = 0.039–0.055) and the results confirmed the strong measurement invariance of the MJS across gender. The internal consistency measures were found to be fully satisfactory. Predictive associations with constructs such as avoidance and anxiety referred to attachment in relationships (ECR-R), obsessive jealousy, depressive jealousy, jealousy associated with separation anxiety, paranoid jealousy (QUEGE), and basic self-esteem (BSE) were confirmed.DiscussionThe MJS is particularly apt to collect information quickly and efficiently about jealousy in a current relationship. The multidimensional and brief structure makes it particularly suitable for preliminary screening, couple therapy assessment, and research purposes.

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Sex Differences in Jealousy

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

Adult Attachment and Personality as Predictors of Jealousy in Romantic Relationships

Adult Attachment and Personality as Predictors of Jealousy in Romantic Relationships

Jealousy Is Influenced by Sex of the Individual, Their Partner, and Their Rival

Validation study of the Italian brief version of the multidimensional jealousy scale: Psychometric properties, measurement invariance across gender, and convergent validity

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