Jealousy: Its Emotional Components and its Relationship to Situational Versus General Needs.

• Main Author: Harrison, Yola
• Format: Others
• Published: UNF Digital Commons 1988
• Subjects: University of North Florida; UNF; Thesis; Academic > UNF > Masters of Arts and Sciences in Counseling Psychology; Academic > UNF > Psychology; Arts and Humanities; Counseling; Counseling Psychology; Experimental Analysis of Behavior; Psychology; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/674; http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1716&context=etd

Male and female emotional reactions to jealousy arousing situations were investigated. These reactions were studied with relation to subjects ' general and relationship needs. Subjects ' expressed emotions, their general needs, and their relationship needs were measured. The results indicated that: 1) Females express stronger emotions in a jealousy situation, however, the range of expressed emotions for both males and females is similar. 2) Although relationship needs correlated more strongly, than did the general needs, with the expressed emotions, R* values were not high enough to permit understanding or prediction of these emotions through relationship needs.