JEALOUSY, INTIMATE ABUSIVENESS, AND INTRUSIVENESS

An examination of self-report scales of 160 men and 76 of their partne rs or former partners found significant correlations between jealousy and abusiveness (for coupled dyads) or intrusiveness (for separated dy ads). Jealousy was related to borderline personality and to MCMI-II me asures of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Rejection sensitivity leading to pathological acts, such as abusiveness and intrusiveness, is seen as originating in early insecure attachment and exposure to shaming ex periences.