Self-ReportJealousyScale

INSTRUCTIONS
The followingscalelistssome situationsin whichyou may have been involved,or in whichyou couldbe
involved.Rate them with regardto how you would feel if you were confrontedwith the situationby circlinga
numberthat correspondsto one of the reactionsshown on the right. Do not omit any items.
0

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Pleased Mildlyupset Upset

Veryupset Extremely
upset

THE SCALE
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. Your partnerexpressesthe desirethat you both developother romanticrelationships.

Your partnerspends increasinglymore time at work with a co-employeeyou feel could be
sexuallyattractiveto your partner.

_2.

3. Your partnersuddenlyshowsan interestin goingto a partywhen he or she findsout that

someonewill be there with whom he or she has been romanticallyinvolvedwith previously.
4. At a party,your partnerhugssomeoneotherthan you.
You noticeyour partnerrepeatedlylookingat another.
moretime in outsideactivitiesand hobbiesin whichyou are not
Your partnerspendsincreasingly
included.
7 . At a party,your partnerkissessomeoneyou do not know.
8 . Your boss, with whom you have had a good workingrelationshipin the past, now seems to be
more interestedin the work of a co-worker.
9 . Your partnergoes to a bar severaleveningswithoutyou.
' 1 0 .Your partnerrecentlyreceiveda promotion,and the new positionrequiresa great deal of travel,
businessdinners,and parties,mostof whichyou are not invitedto attend.
11. At a party,your partnerdanceswith someoneyou do not know.
12. You and a co-workerworked very hard on an extremelyimportantproject.However,your boss
gave your co-workerfull creditfor it.
13. Someoneflirts with your partner.
14. At a parly, yourpartnerrepeatedlykissessomeoneyou do not know.
15. Your partnerhas sexualrelationswith someoneelse.
16. Your brotheror sisteris givenmorefreedom,such as stayingup later,or drivingthe car.
17. Your partnercommentsto you on how attractiveanotherpersonis.
18. Whileat a socialgatheringof a groupof friends,your partnerspendslittletime talkingto you, bul
engagesthe othersin animatedconversation.
19. Grandparents
visityourfamily,and they seemto devotemostof theirattentionto a brotheror
sister insteadof you.
_20.Your

partnerflirts with someoneelse.

Your brotheror sisterseems to be receivingmore affectionand/orattentionfrom your parents.

_21.
_22.You
_23.The

havejust discoveredyour partneris havingan alfairwith someoneat work.

personwho has beenyour assistantfor a numberof yearsat work decidesto take a
similaroositionwith someoneelse.

24. The group to which you belongappearsto be leavingyou out of plans,activities,etc.

25. Your bestfriendsuddenlyshowsinterestin doingthingswith
someoneetse.
Source:Bringleet at., 1979

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SCORINGTHESCALE
Giveyourself4 pointsfor everyitemwhereyour
response
was"extremely
upset,"3 pointsfor
everyitemwhereyourresponse
was"veryupset,"
2 pointsfor everyitemwhereyourresponse
was
"upset,"1 pointfor everyitemwhereyour
response
was"mildlyupset,"and0 for everyitem
whereyourresponse
was"pleased."
In other
words,add up the numbersyou recorded.
This
totalis yourscoreon the Self-Report
Jealousy
Scale.

MY SCORE
WHATTHESCALEMEASURES
your
As its nameindicates,
thisscalemeasures
tendencyto getjealousin a varietyof situations.
lt
jealousyexclusively,
doesnotmeasureromantic
jealousy.
as tenof the itemsrelateto nonromantic
jealousyin a generalway,
Hence,it assesses
witha heavyemphasis
on romanticrelationships.
Thisscale,whichwasdeveloped
by Bringle,
(1979),has
Roach,Andle,andEvenbeck

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adequate test-retest reliability.Correlationswith

other personalitytraits have been examinedin
effortsto demonstrateits validity.Peoplewho
score high on the scale tend to have low selfesteem,to be anxious,to see the world in
negativeterms, and to feel they have liftlecontrol
over their lives.These are interestingpreliminary
findings,althoughmore researchis neededto
bettervalidatethis instrument.
INTERPRETING
YOUR SCORE
Our norms are based on the sample of 162
collegestudentsstudiedby Bringleet al. (1979).
They may be inappropriatefor older,
nontraditionalcollegestudents.
NORMS
High score:

83-100

Intermediate score:

59-82

Low score:

0-58