The experiences in close relationships questionnaire, the fearofintimacy scale, and the multidimensional jealousy scale were administered to a sample of 210 ethnically diverse adults via qualtrics panels. Culture and gender differences in romantic jealousy. Evidence of validity and factorial invariance of a brief. College students in premarital relationships n 229 completed a questionnaire, including 27 different measures and the multidimensional jealousy scale. Multidimensional means here that the concept romantic jealousy has three different dimensions, or subtypes. Jealousy in romantic relationships, selfesteem and ego. Examining cyberbullying tendency and multidimensional. Pfeiffer and wong 1989 define cognitive jealousy as an individuals paranoid worries and suspicions of his or her partners infidelity p. Suspicious jealousy is related to anxious attachment and.
Multidimensional means here that the concept romantic jealousy has three different dimensions, or. Validation of the multidimensional jealousy scale in australian samples elphinston, rachel a feeney, judith a noller, patricia 20111201 00. This study was conducted to develop the multidimensional scale of jealousy in romantic relationships to assess components of romantic jealousy referred to in previous studies and to make some improvements. We are interested in how you feel about the following statements. This study explored culture and gender differences in jealousy using a mixed methods survey design. Multidimensional scale of perceived social support mspss. The multidimensional students life satisfaction scale mslss is a 40item likerttype scale which may be administered in groups or individually.
The presence of jealousy in romantic relationships is a timeless reality, but it is underexplored. Pfeiffer and wong 1989 propose a view of jealousy as a multidimensional construct, compounding cognitive, emotional and behavioural domains. The scale is comprised of a total of 12 items, with 4 items for each subscale. Results indicated that homosexual partners and heterosexual partners love attitudes, attachment styles and jealousy dimensions. We aimed to address these gaps by providing the first validation study of an existing measure of romantic jealousythe multidimensional jealousy scale mjs. Scale and multidimensional scale of perceived social support. Good reliability and validity data were obtained for the scale. Abstract jealousy is an intense emotion that is experienced in the context of romantic relationships. Validation of the multidimensional jealousy scale in australian samples measuring romantic jealousy. The role of gender, romantic jealousy and intimate partner. Psychometric properties of the multidimensional jealousy. The short form of the multidimensional jealousy scale is a well validated scale with 17 items. The romantic jealousy as multidimensional construct the open psychology journal, 2016, volume 9 1. Together with the multidimensional jealousy scale a sociodemographic questionnaire was applied, in order to characterize the studys participants.
Banduras 1990 57 items and 9 scales from the multidimensional scales of perceived selfefficacy, with descriptive statistics item scale item standard alphaa mean deviation enlisting social resources. Mjs is a 24item scale, where there are 8 items in each of the three subscales aimed to evaluate three components of jealousy. How well can you get teachers to help you when you get stuck on schoolwork. Given the multidimensional nature of romantic jealousy, it would be useful to have a measurement scale that would take into account its several components. According to pfeiffer and wong 1989, romantic jealousy involves a complex emotional reaction that is not a solitary emotion, but a mixture of undesirable emotions.
Therefore, a critical evaluation of existing multidimensional scales of jealousy in literature was conducted and, using this evaluation, we decided to adapt the multidimensional jealousy scale mjs by pfeiffer and wong 8 pfeiffer sm, wong pt. Relationships between insecure attachment anxious and avoidant, fear of intimacy and romantic jealousy suspicious and reactive were explored in this study. Results showed that cognitive jealousy predicted relationship satisfaction. We aimed to address these gaps by providing the first validation study of an existing measure of romantic jealousy the multidimensional jealousy scale mjs. Selfreport jealousy scale please click the number that best show how true or false the items are for you according to this code. The multidimensional students life satisfaction scale. The romantic jealousy as multidimensional construct.
A study on the italian short form of the multidimensional jealousy scale, the open psychology journal, 10. Others, like the jealous responses scale jrsi by rich 32, measure only two. The multidimensional jealousy theory focuses on the experience, either cognitive or emotional, that effects relationships. The study comprised of a large university sample of individuals n 502 involved in a heterosexual relationship of at least 12 months duration. Cronbach alfa internal consistency parameter has been calculated as. Acting vice provost for academic programming and planning. Development of the multidimensional scale of jealousy in. Romantic relational aggression among college students. Adult attachment, romantic jealousy, and romantic relational aggression romantic jealousy is a multilayered response that is activated by perceiving a threat.
Franca tani and lucia ponti, the romantic jealousy as multidimensional construct. One hundred and fortyfive undergraduates from the university of hawaii at hilo. Understanding the role of intrapersonal uncertainty in the experience and expression of jealousy in crosssex friendships jennifer l. Select data were obtained from 122 cases at 3month followup. A hierarchy is a way to organize data at different levels of aggregation.
Emotional jealousy may occur distinctly from cognitive jealousy and. Psychometric properties of the multidimensional jealousy scale mjs on a serbian sample article pdf available in psihologija 5000. Females spend more time monitoring partners fb activity in response to jealousy. According to the authors, it is a complex multidimensional. In viewing data, analysts use dimension hierarchies to recognize trends at one level, drill down to lower levels to identify reasons for these trends, and roll up to higher levels to see what affect these trends have on a larger sector of the business.
Three components of romantic jealousy were hypothesized. The hypothesis that jealousy and selfesteem would be negatively correlated was supported for the overall sample r. The mjs was subjected to exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in two separate samples of individuals in romantic relationships of at least 2 months duration. Previous research reported gender differences in ratings of jealousy over a sexual versus emotional infidelity. The relationship assessment scale ras was used for the criterion validity. Higher attachment anxiety increased partner monitoring for females, not males. The 24item questionnaire is divided into three subscales, matching the. The role of social network sites in romantic relationships.
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