Gubler, Danièle Anne; Richter, Martina; Kapanci, Tugba; Troche, Stefan (14 September 2021). The green-eyed monster in social media: Development and Validation of a Digital Jealousy Scale (Unpublished). In: Biennial Conference of the German Psychological Society - Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD) Section. Ulm, Germany. 12.09.-15.09.2021.
Romantic jealousy is an emotional feeling arising when individuals suspect they are at risk of losing their romantic partner to a potential rival. Due to almost unlimited opportunities to establish social connections, the partner’s use of social media can easily trigger jealousy-related feelings. Unsurprisingly, an increasing number of studies investigate “digital jealousy”. However, a standardized instrument assessing digital jealousy is still missing. Therefore, we developed a 10-item digital jealousy scale (DJS). The postulated one-factor structure fitted the data very well. Reliability was high (McDonald’s W=.91). Strict measurement invariance across sex and partial strict invariance for relationship status was particularly interesting since women scored higher than men and singles higher than non-singles. Correlations between jealousy and personality as well as attachment dimensions were consistent with previous results on these relationships for established jealousy measures. The DJS thus provides a valuable instrument to assess jealousy in the digital world of social media.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Personality Psychology, Differential Psychology and Diagnostics 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Gubler, Danièle Anne, Troche, Stefan |
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100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
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English |
Submitter: |
Karin Dubler |
Date Deposited: |
03 May 2022 14:57 |
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05 Dec 2022 16:14 |
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https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/167012 |
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