The Socialization of Sibling Rivalry

Hart, Sybil

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“…We also posit the need to expand the current conceptual boundaries of this domain by examining the potential of SMPs to induce platonic forms of jealousy as a negative consequence. Such non-romantic forms of jealousy may be induced among peers, siblings, or family members due to a perceived lack of attention from an individual (Chung and Harris, 2018;Hart, 2010) over either SMPs or the potential translation of SoMJ into offline interactions for example, actions against a partner in the offline world. Thus, the following questions may potentially be explicated in future research: RQ4.1.…”

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Jealousy due to social media? A systematic literature review and framework of social media-induced jealousy

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Mäntymäki³

2021

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PurposeThe association between social media and jealousy is an aspect of the dark side of social media that has garnered significant attention in the past decade. However, the understanding of this association is fragmented and needs to be assimilated to provide scholars with an overview of the current boundaries of knowledge in this area. This systematic literature review (SLR) aims to fulfill this need.Design/methodology/approachThe authors undertake an SLR to assimilate the current knowledge regarding the association between social media and jealousy, and they examine the phenomenon of social media-induced jealousy (SoMJ). Forty-five empirical studies are curated and analyzed using stringent protocols to elucidate the existing research profile and thematic research areas.FindingsThe research themes emerging from the SLR are (1) the need for a theoretical and methodological grounding of the concept, (2) the sociodemographic differences in SoMJ experiences, (3) the antecedents of SoMJ (individual, partner, rival and platform affordances) and (4) the positive and negative consequences of SoMJ. Conceptual and methodological improvements are needed to undertake a temporal and cross-cultural investigation of factors that may affect SoMJ and acceptable thresholds for social media behavior across different user cohorts. This study also identifies the need to expand current research boundaries by developing new methodologies and focusing on under-investigated variables.Originality/valueThe study may assist in the development of practical measures to raise awareness about the adverse consequences of SoMJ, such as intimate partner violence and cyberstalking.

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Jealousy due to social media? A systematic literature review and framework of social media-induced jealousy

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Mäntymäki³

2021

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“…In the context of differential treatment, an infant's sad facial affect may serve to reenlist caregiver attention, while anger may prompt a rival to withdraw. Indeed, some evidence suggests that jealousy acts as a signal that observers find compelling (Hart, 2010c).…”

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Proximal Foundations of Jealousy: Expectations of Exclusivity in the Infant’s First Year of Life

Hart

2016

Emotion Review

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In this synthesis, we summarize studies that yielded evidence of jealousy in young infants. To shed light on this phenomenon, we present evidence that jealousy’s foundation rests on history of dyadic interactions with caregivers which engender infants’ expectations of exclusivity, and on maturation of sociocognitive capacities that enable infants to evaluate whether an exchange between their caregiver and another child represents a violation of that expectation. We conclude with a call for greater study of the antecedents and sequelae of both normative and atypical presentations of jealousy. In addition, we recommend approaches that address jealousy across a range of relationships, both within and beyond those which include attachment figures.

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“…Thus, it seems plausible that the seriousness of these two elicitors, competition with a newborn sibling and mother-initiated separation, necessitated adaptations that help infants retain access to parental resources. We propose that these adaptations consisted of “psychological weapons” (Trivers, 1974, p. 249) in the form of jealousy protest and separation protest, powerful signals (Cassidy & Shaver, 2016; Hart, 2010b) that were timed to unfold at the precise point in infants’ lives when favored access to mother was no longer guaranteed as it had been during the previous 9 months. Alternatively, it is possible that commonality between jealousy protest and separation protest in terms of the specificity of the contexts in which they are elicited, the direction and affective tone through which they are expressed, the timing of their onset, and their patterns of individual differences, are purely coincidental.…”

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Jealousy and attachment: Adaptations to threat posed by the birth of a sibling.

Hart¹

2018

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

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This paper theorizes on the constructs of jealousy and infant-caregiver attachment by proposing a synthesis that bridges parent-offspring conflict theory (POCT; Trivers, 1974) with the evolutionary-ethological theory of attachment (Bowlby, 1969). Following Bowlby, we recognize attachment as an adaptation to threat to infant survival in ancestral settings. However, departing from his focus on environmental danger as the source of threat, we draw on Trivers’ understanding of siblings as competitors for parents’ scarce and finite resources, and propose that attachment was compelled by threat posed by the birth of a sibling. In support of this synthesis, we present evidence that illuminates infants’ need for exclusivity in the infant-maternal relationship, and elaborate on the origin of that need as a function of the benefits of exclusivity to infant survival. We also present evidence that infants’ defense against usurpation, jealousy protest, resembles attachment behavior, specifically separation protest, in terms of the specificity of the context in which it is presented, its direction and affective tone, the timing of its onset, and pattern of individual differences. The fact that both jealousy protest and separation protest occur at approximately 9 months of age, which is the juncture when a sibling’s birth is possible, suggests that both forms of protest were compelled by inevitable consequences of a sibling’s birth, namely, sibling competition for parental resources and mother-initiated separation. We argue that as a recurrent and universal event that presaged threat of both usurpation and separation, the birth of a sibling represents the ultimate foundation of attachment.

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The Socialization of Sibling Rivalry

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References 88 publications

Jealousy due to social media? A systematic literature review and framework of social media-induced jealousy

Jealousy due to social media? A systematic literature review and framework of social media-induced jealousy

Proximal Foundations of Jealousy: Expectations of Exclusivity in the Infant’s First Year of Life

Jealousy and attachment: Adaptations to threat posed by the birth of a sibling.

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