Changing Me to Keep You: State Jealousy Promotes Perceiving Similarity Between the Self and a Romantic Rival

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1280-1292

  Slotter, Erica B ^a   Lucas, Gale M ^b   Jakubiak, Brittany ^c   Lasslett, Heather ^d  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

motivation; relationship maintenance; romantic jealousy; Self concept malleability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JEALOUSY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE; ROMANTIC JEALOUSY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-CONCEPT MALLEABILITY; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

MOTIVATION; RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE; ROMANTIC JEALOUSY; SELF-CONCEPT MALLEABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JEALOUSY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884216933     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213492427     Document Type: Article

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