Synonyms
Facebook; Instagram; Monitoring; Relationship surveillance; Snapchat
Social media has recently emerged as a popular activity allowing individuals to connect with others and maintain contact via posts, messages, and photographs. Because social media can be used by relationship partners to engage with each other as well as with potential romantic rivals, it creates an ideal environment for the development and perpetuation of jealousy. The current paper integrates cutting-edge research on the intersection of social media, jealousy, and relationship outcomes. We also explore how gender and individual differences in attachment orientations play a role in these associations.
Competing Explanations for Gender Differences in Jealousy
Broadly speaking, romantic jealousy has been defined as a complex combination of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that results from a perceived threat to one’s romantic relationship. This perceived loss or threat is derived from the perception of a real...
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Rodriguez, L.M., DiBello, A.M. (2020). Jealousy. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_1238
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