Jealousy - Romantic Jealousy

Romantic Jealousy

Romantic jealousy can be expressed in five antecedent factors:

1. Sociobiological factors
2. Cultural and historical factors
3. Personality factors
4. Relational factors
5. Situational factors and Strategic factors.

Sociobiological factors deal with reproductive strategies. For males they can only ensure paternity by restricting the access or involvement of other males. Females are more inclined to find resources in a males to be more important than actual reproductive opportunities. Males used the following tactics more than females; a. resource display b. mate concealment c. submission and debasement d. inter sexual threats and violence. For cultural and historical factors males and females have similar states of emotions of jealousy as sociobiological factors. Personality Factors include a third party threat that stores jealousy in both males and females . Personality factors also vary based on love styles. Relational factors as well as emotional factors have been found to vary on comparison levels of commitment to the relationship as well as investment and the level of alternatives in the relationship. Situational factors include critical events that may endorse jealousy in both males and females. Situational factors are very common and can be easily stimulated. Last is strategic factors which includes were "individuals are rarely aware of the sociobiological or cultural factors that promote a particular communication behavior". Laura K Guerrero and Peter A. Anderson. Jealousy experience and Expression in Romantic Relationships.