Jealousy and Romantic Attachment in Maritally Violent and Nonviolent Men

Abstract

This study investigated whether maritally violent males are more jealous than maritally nonviolent males. The subjects were 180 cohabiting men divided into four groups selected on dimensions of marital violence, marital satisfaction, and amount of counseling. Multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVAs) revealed significantly elevated jealousy levels in the two abusive groups and also in the unsatisfactorily married, nonviolent group. Indeed, jealousy correlated negatively with marital satisfaction level. Although jealousy seems not to be the primary precipitant of battering, it may interact with other variables, such as emotional dependence, to increase the likelihood of marital abuse.

Differentiation and Intimate Partner Violence

“…Previous research has consistently found jealousy to be significantly related to IPV Barnett et al, 1995;Dutton, van Ginkel, & Landolt, 1996;Fenton & Rathus, 2010;Puente & Cohen, 2003;Sugarman & Hotaling, 1989;Wilson & Daly, 1998). The predictive strength of jealousy was supported in this research, even when differentiation of self was added to the analysis.…”

“…Most of the studies on IPV have examined risk factors for physical IPV such as relational satisfaction and marital conflict (Cano & Vivian, 2003;Lawrence & Bradbury, 2001;Panuzio & DiLillo, 2010;Schumacher & Leonard, 2005;Stith et al, 2008;Stith at al., 2004b), romantic jealousy (Babcock, Costa, & Green, 2004;Barnett, Martinez, & Bluestein, 1995;Hannawa, Spitzberg, Wiering, & Teranishi, 2006;Wilson & Daly, 1998;, and depression and anxiety (Boyle & Vivian, 1996;Maiuro et al, 1988;Pan et al, 1994;Vivian & Malone 1997). However, little research existed on the relationship of differentiation of self and physical IPV.…”

“…The relationship between jealousy and IPV has been examined in a number of studies (Babcock, Costa, & Green, 2004;Barnett, Martinez, & Bluestein, 1995;Hannawa, Spitzberg, Wiering, & Teranishi, 2006;Wilson & Daly, 1998; with jealousy consistently being significantly related to IPV Barnett et al, 1995;Dutton, van Ginkel, & Landolt, 1996;Fenton & Rathus, 2010;Puente & Cohen, 2003;Sugarman & Hotaling, 1989;Wilson & Daly, 1998). Jealousy represents intense emotions that may lead to the inability for batterers with low levels of differentiation to employ a response that is free of violence.…”

Experiencing and Communicating Romantic Jealousy: Questioning the Investment Model

“…Generally, a negative relationship exists between satisfaction and overall jealousy experience (e.g., Barnett, Martinez, & Bluestein, 1995;Buunk, 1981) and for both cognitive and emotional jealousy (Anderson et al, 1995;Guerrero & Eloy, 1992). However, exceptions to the negative relation between jealousy and satisfaction also exist.…”

The Romantic Jealousy as Multidimensional Construct: A Study on the Italian Short Form of the Multidimensional Jealousy Scale

“…The distinction between the two polarities is relatively clear only when one is faced with an apparent psychosis [6]. Morbid jealousy is a relevant phenomenon related to negative emotions, and to a range of destructive events, harassment, or behavior, such as domestic violence and marital problems [13,14]. There is also evidence that it is one of the most relevant motivations in passionate murders [15,16], and 57% of former-intimate stalking victims have reported that their partner had been jealous during the relationship [17].…”