Relationship of Romantic Jealousy & Self-Esteent Among Married Couples

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the relationship of romantic jealousy and self-esteem among married couples. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive investigation was carried out to measure the relationship of romantic jealousy and self-esteem among 100 married couples from twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi. It included 50 each men and women having five years to their marriage. The minimum education was bachelor's degree. The age ranged from 25-30 years. The Self-Report Jealousy Scale developed by Bringle, Roach, Andler, and Back, and Self-esteem Scale of Rifai was used out to measure romantic jealousy and self-esteem. To find out the unique, different and difficult items and to modify those according to our cult' :e the scales were reviewed by panel of experts. A tryout study of the both scales for the purpose item-total correlation was used for internal consistency of the scales and alpha reliability measure for reliability and validity of the scales. The main study which was aimed at hypotheses testing and further validation ofthe scales. Results: All the items were found to be internally consistent except for item no.13 &lb of the Self Report Jealousy Scale. The alpha-reliability was 0.70 for self-report jealousy scale and 0.83 for sel (-esteem scale. The Pearson correlation indicates that a significant negative correlation between romantic jealousy and self-esteem among married couples. The t-test was used to measure the gender difference in romantic jealousy. A significant difference among men and women in romantic jealousy was detected. Conclusion: A positive correlation was observed between romantic jealousy and self-esteem among married couples. It was further found that there is gender difference in romantic jealousy and self-esteem among married couples.