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01-11-2015 | Original Article

Positive and Negative Jealousy in the Association Between Problem Drinking and IPV Perpetration

Authors: Lindsey M. Rodriguez, Angelo M. DiBello, Clayton Neighbors

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 8/2015

Abstract

In the context of established associations between alcohol problems and intimate partner violence (IPV), the current study investigated whether jealousy has positive and negative dimensions, and whether they differentially moderate the association between problem drinking and IPV perpetration in heavy-drinking college students (N = 448). Factor analyses suggested positive and negative dimensions of jealousy. Whereas negative jealousy was conceptualized by the traditional definition of jealousy, positive jealousy reflected relationship commitment and emotional distress upon considering one’s partner becoming romantically involved with another person. Results supported hypotheses such that positive and negative jealousy dimensions moderated the drinking problems-IPV link in opposite directions: Drinking problems were associated with increased perpetration among individuals higher in negative and lower in positive jealousy. Results provide support for the notion that jealousy is not universally negative and highlight the importance of different types of jealousy in understanding the association between alcohol problems and IPV perpetration.

Intervention effects on IPV were tested by incorporating the condition variable into the model. The intervention effect was not significant (p = .517). Thus, analyses were run without including condition.

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Title: Positive and Negative Jealousy in the Association Between Problem Drinking and IPV Perpetration
Authors: Lindsey M. Rodriguez
Angelo M. DiBello
Clayton Neighbors
Publication date: 01-11-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 8/2015
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-015-9736-4

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