Correlates of Jealous Behaviors

Dependency and insecurity in romantic relationships: Development and validation of two companion scales

“…Although focused on other issues, several recent studies that have included one or both of the scales have results that complement many of the findings presented in this report. In a study focused on jealousy behaviors among college students, McIntosh and Tate (1990) found that Insecurity Scale scores were positively associated with behaviors used to cope with romantic jeal-ousy, both direct behaviors (e.g., confronting the partner about the jealousy-provoking event; r = .35) and, to a lesser extent, indirect behaviors (e.g., giving the partner the "silent treatment"; r = .16). These findings are consistent with our own finding that insecurity is positively correlated with jealousy and also with past literature that suggests that insecurity is an important precursor to jealousy White & Mullen, 1989).…”

“…For this information, Berscheid and Fei directed interested readers to an unpublished paper that was made available upon request. Over the years, many such requests for one or both of the scales were honored, with the result that they have continued to be used in a variety of investigative contexts (e.g., McIntosh & Tate, 1990;Simpson, 1990;Simpson & Gangestad, 1991) and additional information about the scales' psychometric properties has become available.…”