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Othello syndrome
Published in David Enoch, Basant K. Puri, Hadrian Ball, Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes, 2020
David Enoch, Basant K. Puri, Hadrian Ball
Sexual dysfunction, particularly impotence, becomes an important factor in the psychopathology of morbid sexual jealousy in some cases. Indeed, some authors regard the impotence itself as being of a primary, paramount importance (Bleuler, 1911; 1923; 1926; Campbell, 1953; Noyes and Kolb, 1963). Impotence occurring commonly in alcohol abuse plays a part in the production of delusions of infidelity in such cases. This impotence has been explained as being the direct result of toxic effects of the alcohol on the related nervous and endocrine mechanisms.
Importance of good perinatal mental health
Published in Jane Hanley, Mark Williams, Fathers and Perinatal Mental Health, 2019
Domestic violence is often associated with non-egalitarian decision making (Hampton 1999). It is less visible in equal relationships, which appears to have lower rates of violence, whereas the highest rates are found in affiliations where the male is the dominant partner. This type of relationship is where the male uses all types of abuse to retain and maintain power. Where the male is not dominant, however, they may resort to violence in response to their perceived powerlessness. One study by Devries et al. (2010) of violence during the antenatal period, found that the prevalence for domestic abuse was relatively constant within the fifteen–thirty-five years age group, with a slight decline in the rates after thirty-five years of age. A finding was that intimate partner violence was more common than some of the antenatal health conditions, which are routinely screened for in antenatal care. As she is physically vulnerable, society condemns any harm or abuse of the pregnant woman, yet the occurrence of domestic violence by the male partner appears to escalate during this period. Studies have shown that sexual jealousy also intensified and created the paranoia that the male may not be the father of the child. This is particularly striking, as often the woman in an abusive relationship may believe that her partner will be more sympathetic and less likely to abuse her during her pregnancy (Burch et al. 2004).
Legal aspects of automatism
Published in John Rumbold, Automatism as a Defence in Criminal Law, 2018
For example, it has been argued that where contact with another was the trigger for a violent confusional arousal, that this is an external cause. The fact that anybody is prone to a confusional arousal in the right circumstances is more relevant. It might be argued by counsel that the presence of a bed partner is an external cause for a sexsomnic episode. An external cause and an external trigger can be usefully distinguished on the basis of the exceptionality of the cause. The doctrine of automatism largely rests on the occurrence of an unusual event (although a bout of sneezing hardly qualifies). It can also be rationalized on the basis of considering automatism as an excuse. Therefore, it is not only the loss of control that forms the basis of the excuse, but also the reason for the loss of control. A similar principle applies to provocation or its replacement in England and Wales, the loss of control defence. Here there are particular causes that are disallowed, such as sexual jealousy. It is part of the normative function of the criminal law that certain causes of loss of control ought to be excluded.
Jealousy: self-inflicted agony and ruin
Published in International Review of Psychiatry, 2023
One obvious question is, of course, whether jealousy is a universal emotion, or whether it is limited to specific cultures. Some authors, most notably Buss (2000, 2001, 2003, 2018), contend that it is found in all cultures. Others, especially Buunk & Hupka (1987) and Salovey (1991) dispute this, and argue that it is culture-specific. Buss is perhaps the most outspoken defender of the evolutionary hypothesis, that jealousy is a universal emotion that has developed in the course of human evolution. In his (2003) book he outlays its function as follows:The fact that men do invest heavily in their young provides powerful circumstantial evidence that our ancestors evolved powerful psychological mechanisms for solving the paternity problem and for reducing the likelihood of cuckoldry. Studies of sexual jealousy, in all its diverse manifestations, provide direct evidence that jealousy is that mechanism. (p. 126)However, the ‘direct evidence’ emanates from questionnaire studies, mainly employing a technique called ‘forced choice questions’, meaning that respondents are requested to answer with a YES or NO, or choose between two alternative scenarios. In a large-scale meta-analysis, Harris (2003) found that such sex difference as reported by Buss, interesting as they may be, only turn up in research relying on such forced choice – implying a serious methodological limitation of such studies.
Erectile Dysfunction and Partner-Directed Behaviors in Romantic Relationships: The Mediating Role of Suspicious Jealousy
Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2022
Gavin Vance, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Rachel M. James, Todd K. Shackelford
Sexual jealousy is an example of an evolved response to adaptive problems of reproduction faced by our ancestors. Specifically, men’s sexual jealousy may be an evolved response to the adaptive problems of partner infidelity and cuckoldry (i.e., unwitting investment in offspring to whom a man is genetically unrelated; D. M. Buss et al., 1992). Rydell and Bringle (2007) differentiated reactive jealousy from suspicious jealousy. Reactive jealousy occurs in response to incontrovertible evidence of betrayal, such as discovering a partner in flagrante delicto. Suspicious jealousy, in contrast, occurs in response to suspected infidelity without clear evidence. Suspicious jealousy is also associated with greater insecurity and lower self-esteem, meaning that men may experience more suspicious jealousy if they perceive themselves to have lower mate value than their partner (Rydell & Bringle, 2007).
Romantic Jealousy: A Test of Social Cognitive and Evolutionary Models in A Population-Representative Sample of Adults
Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2020
Richard de Visser, Juliet Richters, Chris Rissel, Andrew Grulich, Judy Simpson, David Rodrigues, Diniz Lopes
Jealousy is a potent emotion associated with the actual or threatened loss of a valued relationship to a rival, and is a cause of relationship difficulties and failure (Amato & Previti, 2003; Buss, 2000; Lampard, 2014; Salovey, 1991). It reflects most people’s expectation of sexual and emotional monogamy from their partners (Badcock et al., 2014; de Visser et al., 2014; Richters et al., 2014). Jealousy can be triggered by sexual acts (e.g., one’s partner having sex with another person may evoke sexual jealousy) or emotional acts (e.g., one’s partner having an emotional relationship with another person may evoke emotional jealousy). However, there is disagreement about whether women and men have similar responses to their partner’s sexual or emotional behavior with others. The aim of this paper is to explore some of the debated issues in a population-representative sample.