Development and Validation of an Indigenous Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women

Q4 Psychology

Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI:10.33824/pjpr.2022.37.2.11

Sabila Naseer, F. Malik

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Abstract

The present study aimed to develop a culturally relevant and indigenous scale to assess the jealousy among polygamous women In study one, 16 semi-structured in-depth interviews with the age range of 18-60 years women (Polygamous, monogamous, experts) were conducted, and 65 items of the scale were empirically validated through content validation and Exploratory Factor Analysis on polygamous women (N = 200). The findings indicated that the Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women has five factors having internally consistent (emotional, cognitive, behavioral, sexual, and possessive jealousy). Further, independent t-test was applied to seek the differences between first and second wives on jealousy and its subscales. Means scores revealed a significant differences between first and second wives as the first wives showed more emotional, cognitive, sexual, and overall jealousy, while lower possessive jealousy than the second wives. Study II was a conducted to determine the convergent validity with psychological distress while discriminant validity with psychological well-being of newly developed Jealousy scale for polygamous women. Both were subscales of the Mental Health Inventory (MHI, Veit, & Ware, 1983). The findings revealed the positive relationship between jealousy and its sub-scales with psychological-distress while the negative relationship with psychological well-being among polygamous women. Results indicate Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women is a valid, reliable, and promising tool in the indigenous setting.

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一夫多妻制妇女嫉妒量表的编制与验证

本研究旨在开发一种与文化相关的本土量表，以评估一夫多妻制女性的嫉妒心理。在研究一中，对18-60岁的女性（一夫多妻制、一夫一妻制、专家）进行了16次半结构化的深入访谈，通过内容验证和探索性因素分析对多配偶女性量表的65个项目进行了实证验证（N=200）。研究结果表明，一夫多妻女性嫉妒量表有五个因素具有内在一致性（情感、认知、行为、性和占有欲嫉妒）。此外，采用独立t检验来寻找第一任和第二任妻子在嫉妒及其分量表上的差异。均值得分显示，第一任和第二任妻子之间存在显著差异，因为第一任妻子比第二任表现出更多的情感、认知、性和整体嫉妒，而占有欲嫉妒较低。研究II是为了确定新开发的一夫多妻制女性嫉妒量表与心理困扰的收敛有效性和与心理幸福的判别有效性。两者都是心理健康量表的分量表（MHI，Veit，&Ware，1983）。研究结果表明，在一夫多妻制女性中，嫉妒及其亚量表与心理困扰呈正相关，而与心理健康呈负相关。结果表明，在土著环境中，一夫多妻妇女嫉妒量表是一个有效、可靠和有前景的工具。

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Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research Psychology-Psychology (all)

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期刊介绍： Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research (PJPR) is published biannually by the National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan. Its first issue was published in Summer, 1986. Since then two issues, one in summer and the other in winter, have been appearing every year. The Journal provides an outlet for fully documented researches addressing educational, social, developmental, and other areas of Psychology. Preference is given to empirical articles, which deal with the application of psychological knowledge in understanding the problems of national and international importance. The Journal welcomes contributions from all corners. However, participation from the developing countries is eagerly sought in view of its under-representation in research journals published in the West. The PJPR maintains an international editorial board of Consulting Editors belonging to different countries, with expertise in a large number of areas. It employs a double-blind reviewing process i.e., the authors are not identified to reviewers and reviewers are not made known to authors. The contents of PJPR are being abstracted by the Proquest, and in PsycInfo. PJPR is included in the List of Social Sciences Journals recognized by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.