Jealousy in Adulthood

Handbook of Jealousy: Theory, Research, and Multidisciplinary Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 547-571

  Harris, Christine R ^a   Darby, Ryan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisals in jealousy, specific emotions perspective focus; Attachment style and jealousy, romantic relationships formed; Gender differences and jealousy, no consistent differences in intensity; Jealousy and attributions, influence on a partner's actions; Jealousy and relationship factors, influencing aspects of the relationship; Jealousy in adulthood, occurrence in romantic relationships; New methodologies for study of adult jealousy, eliciting jealousy experimentally; Rival and jealousy, existence of third person the interloper; Theoretical approaches to jealousy, focusing on different levels of analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053655244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444323542.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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