Jealous Conflict in Dating Couples

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80 steadily dating couples were assigned by sex to jealous or nonjealous role-playing conditions in which one partner was asked to assume a distancing role while the other was asked to overcome the distance and try to establish closeness with the partner. Using Raush, et al.'s (1974) method of studying interpersonal conflict through improvisation, it was found that persons in distant roles and experiencing jealousy used significantly more rejection and coercion, especially guilt-induction, than did subjects who experienced distance for nonjealous reasons. No sex differences were noted with regard to the use of rejection and coercion. However, men selected their issues of jealousy as sexual while women selected jealous issues which involved a loss of time and attention.

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