The relationship between romantic jealousy and, attachment styles, self-esteem, personality characteristics, marriage satisfaction

ABSTRACTTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROMANTIC JEALOUSY AND, ATTACHMENT STYLES, SELF-ESTEEM, PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS, MARRIAGE SATISFACTIONMuharrem ÇAPKINMaster Thesis, Psychology DepartmentSupervisor: Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ferzan CURUNAugust, 2012 ? 69 pagesThe aim of the study is to examine the relationship among jealousy, self-esteem, personality characteristics, attachment styles and marital satisfaction. For searching these concepts, 99 participants completed the Demographic Information Form, Multidimensional Jealousy Scale, Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, Experiences in Close Relationships Questionnaire, Five Factor Personality Inventory Short Form, and Marriage Life Scale.Firstly Pearson correlational analyses were performed in order to investigate the relationships between variables. The only significant result was the positive relation between anxiety sub-domain and jealousy cognitive sub-domain of the attachment styles.Secondly, for all participants, openness to new experiences sub-domain of personality characteristics and jealousy emotional sub-domain were positively significant for all participants. Thus, jealousy emotional sub-domain score increases as openness to new experiences sub-domain increases.Regarding the differences between two sexes, jealousy cognitive domain and anxiety domain of attachment and consciousness sub-domain of personality characteristics were statistically significant for male participants. For female participants, only extroversion among personality characteristics predicted jealousy.Regarding the emotional aspect of jealousy, emotional jealousy levels of female participants and two sub-domains of personality characteristics, openness to new experiences and extroversion, were significantly related. No significant predictor was found between jealousy and other variables and sub-domains.The results of the study were discussed on the basis of theoretical approaches on the subject and studies conducted in Turkey and abroad.Key Words: Romantic Jealousy, Attachment Styles, Self-Esteem, Personality Characteristics, Marriage Satisfaction.