Friendship Characteristics, Threat Appraisals, and Varieties of Jealousy About Romantic Partners’ Friendships
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Worley, Timothy R.
Samp, Jennifer
Abstract / Description
This study examined the role of friendship sex composition, friendship history, and threat appraisals in the experience of jealousy about a romantic partner’s involvement in extradyadic friendships. Using a survey, 201 individuals responded to scenarios describing a romantic partner’s involvement in a significant friendship outside the romantic dyad. A partner’s involvement in a cross-sex friendship was associated with greater perceptions of threat to both the existence and quality of the romantic relationship than was a partner’s involvement in a same-sex friendship. Further, the specific forms of jealousy experienced about partners’ friendships were dependent on the threat appraisals individuals associated with the friendships. Appraisals of relational existence threat mediated the influence of friendship characteristics (i.e., sex composition and history) on sexual jealousy and companionship jealousy, while appraisals of relational quality threat mediated the influence of friendship characteristics on intimacy jealousy, power jealousy, and companionship jealousy. This study points toward the central role of threat appraisals in mediating associations between rival characteristics and various forms of jealousy about a partner’s friendships.
Keyword(s)
jealousy friendship threat appraisals cross-sex friendshipsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2014-12-19
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Volume
8
Issue
2
Page numbers
231–244
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Citation
Worley, T. R., & Samp, J. (2014). Friendship Characteristics, Threat Appraisals, and Varieties of Jealousy About Romantic Partners’ Friendships. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 8(2), 231–244. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i2.169
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Worley, Timothy R.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Samp, Jennifer
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Date of first publication2014-12-19
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Abstract / DescriptionThis study examined the role of friendship sex composition, friendship history, and threat appraisals in the experience of jealousy about a romantic partner’s involvement in extradyadic friendships. Using a survey, 201 individuals responded to scenarios describing a romantic partner’s involvement in a significant friendship outside the romantic dyad. A partner’s involvement in a cross-sex friendship was associated with greater perceptions of threat to both the existence and quality of the romantic relationship than was a partner’s involvement in a same-sex friendship. Further, the specific forms of jealousy experienced about partners’ friendships were dependent on the threat appraisals individuals associated with the friendships. Appraisals of relational existence threat mediated the influence of friendship characteristics (i.e., sex composition and history) on sexual jealousy and companionship jealousy, while appraisals of relational quality threat mediated the influence of friendship characteristics on intimacy jealousy, power jealousy, and companionship jealousy. This study points toward the central role of threat appraisals in mediating associations between rival characteristics and various forms of jealousy about a partner’s friendships.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationWorley, T. R., & Samp, J. (2014). Friendship Characteristics, Threat Appraisals, and Varieties of Jealousy About Romantic Partners’ Friendships. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 8(2), 231–244. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i2.169en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1832
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2198
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i2.169
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Keyword(s)jealousyen_US
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Keyword(s)friendshipen_US
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Keyword(s)threat appraisalsen_US
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Keyword(s)cross-sex friendshipsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleFriendship Characteristics, Threat Appraisals, and Varieties of Jealousy About Romantic Partners’ Friendshipsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers231–244
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Volume8
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