Development and Validation of an Indigenous Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women
Received 04 Jun, 2021 |
Accepted 04 Jan, 2022 |
Published 30 Jun, 2022 |
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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Naseer,
S., Malik,
F. (2022). Development and Validation of an Indigenous Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 37(2), 165-186. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2022.37.2.11
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Naseer,
S.; Malik,
F. Development and Validation of an Indigenous Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2022, 37, 165-186. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2022.37.2.11
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Naseer
S, Malik
F. Development and Validation of an Indigenous Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2022; 37(2): 165-186. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2022.37.2.11
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Naseer, Sabila, and Farah Malik.
2022. "Development and Validation of an Indigenous Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 37, no. 2: 165-186. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2022.37.2.11
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