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Examining the Role of Facebook use and Attachment Style in Relationship Jealousy

Examining the Role of Facebook use and Attachment Style in Relationship Jealousy. Drew Amyot, Catherine Gallagher & Chris Lively A “mini-thesis” presentation in Psychology 440 Advanced Social and Personality Psychology. Past Research. Facebook Jealousy Dispositional Jealousy Attachment Style.

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Examining the Role of Facebook use and Attachment Style in Relationship Jealousy

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  1. Examining the Role of Facebook use and Attachment Style in Relationship Jealousy Drew Amyot, Catherine Gallagher & Chris Lively A “mini-thesis” presentationin Psychology 440Advanced Social and Personality Psychology

  2. Past Research Facebook Jealousy Dispositional Jealousy Attachment Style

  3. Current Study

  4. Hypotheses H1: Preoccupied attachment & Facebook Jealousy +Corr. H2: Dismissive attachment & Facebook Jealousy –Corr. H3: Secure attachment & Facebook Jealousy –Corr. H4: Fearful attachment & Facebook Jealousy +Corr. Research Question: Does Attachment mediate the link between Dispositional and Facebook Jealousy?

  5. Methods • Participants • N = 63 (Male = 24; Female = 39) • Age = 18.92 (SD = 1.32) • Heterosexual (93.7%) • Euro-Canadian (90.5%) • Use Facebook (96.8%) • In relationship (N = 23) • Exclusive Relationship (N = 13)

  6. Methods • Measures • Facebook Jealousy Scale (FJS; Muise, Christofides & Demarais, 2009) • Multidimensional Jealousy Scale (MJS; Pfeiffer & Wong, 1989) • Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ; Griffin & Bartholomew, 1994) • Procedure • Consent • Debriefed • Participant Points

  7. Results Internal Consistencies Correlations

  8. Correlation Table ** p = .000, * p = .001

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