Not exact matches
But, especially if you developed an
insecure attachment style as a child, you may have difficulty in
relating to your spouse — and vice versa — particularly during conflict, while distressed, or when stressed - out.
That is, we know that
attachment styles relate to jealousy but we don't know that
attachment styles cause people to experience more / less jealousy — perhaps some 3rd variable (like a cultural norm) causes both
insecure attachment and jealousy at the same time.
In one such study, Pierce and Lydon (1998) subliminally primed undergraduate students with words
related to both secure (e.g., supportive) and
insecure (e.g., distant)
styles of
attachment.
An
insecure attachment style has been reported in association with psychotic symptoms in both nonclinical41 — 46 and patient samples.47, 48 Although these findings are based on cross-sectional comparisons in which participants» current
styles of
relating to others are assessed rather than the quality of past relationships, prospective data suggest that disrupted
attachment relations may be causal.