Handbook of Jealousy Theory, Research, and Multidisciplinary Approaches

by Hart, Sybil L.; Legerstee, Maria

• ISBN13: 9781405185790
• ISBN10: 1405185791
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-17
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Through a compilation of original articles, the Handbook of Jealousy offers an integrated portrait of the emerging areas of research into the nature of jealousy and a forum for discussing the implications of the findings for theories of emotional and socio-cognitive development. Presents the most recent findings and theories on jealousy across a range of contexts and age-stages of development Includes 23 original articles with empirical findings and detailed commentaries by leading experts in the field Serves as a valuable resource for professionals in the fields of clinical psychology, psychiatry, and social work, as well as scholars in the fields of psychology, family studies, sociology, and anthropology

Author Biography

Sybil L. Hart is a Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Tech University. Professor Hart is the recipient of the Chancellor’s Council Award for Distinguished Research and the Presidential Book Award from Texas Tech University. Her groundbreaking studies on infant jealousy have been published in Infancy, Social Development, and Child Psychiatry and Human Development. She is also the author of Preventing Sibling Rivalry (2001). Her research on infant jealousy has been funded by the National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Mental Health (NIH-NIMH).

Maria Legerstee is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Canada, and the Director of the Centre for Research in Infancy. She is the recipient of the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research. Her research focuses on social cognitive development from infancy through early childhood. Professor Legerstee is also the author of Infants’ Sense of People: Precursors to a Theory of Mind (2005); co-editor of a special journal series with Vasu Reddy entitled What Does It Mean to Communicate for Infants? (2007); and co-editor of Early Socio-Cognitive Development: An Integrative Perspective with David Haley and Marc Bornstein (forthcoming). Professor Legerstee’s research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada).

Table of Contents

CONTENTS.Part 1: Background.Chapter 1. Historical Influences on Perceptions of Jealousy.Peter N. Stearns, Ph.D. George Mason University discusses popular perceptions of jealousy in general, and children in particular. In this chapter he elaborates on the manner in which views of jealousy and philosophies toward parenting have changed over the past century, and discusses the social, political, and historical events that were responsible for these changes..Chapter 2. Jealousy and Affect.Michael Lewis, Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, explores developmental changes in the manner in which emotions of fear, anger, and sadness contribute to the experience and expression of jealousy..Part 2: - Socio-Biological Foundations.Chapter 3. Physiological Aspects of Emotional Pain.Jaak Panksepp, Ph.D., Daily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science.Department of VCAPP, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University.Pullman, WA 99164, examines brain areas that are activated during exposure to stress and discusses parallels between physiological responses aroused by physical challenges and those linked with emotional upheaval. His work provides an explanation for physiological responses, especially feelings of physical pain, which can coincide with emotional stressors, such as loss of exclusivity..Chapter 4. The Ontogenesis of Jealousy during the First Year of Life.Sybil L. Hart, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, discusses findings of her research on infants' responses to loss of exclusivity, implications for conceptualizations of jealousy as a biologically based feature of temperament, and attention to the balance between elements which are instinctive and those which are acquired through socialization..Chapter 5. Neural Structures Underlying Non-basic Emotions: The Case of Jealousy.Gabriela Markova, M.A, and Maria Legerstee, Ph.D., York University, Canada, argue that jealousy, redefined as social exclusion, is manifested as a panic response to inclusion threats, and relies on the same neural network as physical pain that is available from very early on in life. In support, they discuss research showing that not only do infants during the first year of life experience jealousy in response to losing exclusivity with their caregivers, but also when they are excluded from a group during triadic interactions with same-aged peers, indicating the evolutionary need to maintain inclusion in a group..Chapter 6. Non-basic emotions in non-human primates - tba.Chapter 7. Commentary Marc Lewis, University of Toronto - tba.Part 3. Cognitive Underpinnings.Chapter 8. Early Feelings of Jealousy Reveal Awareness of People's Motives.Maria Legerstee, Ph.D., York University, Canada, draws on her research on the development of mental state awareness during the first year of life and argues that infants' expressions of jealousy are related to their apprehension of exclusion from being communicated to by a loved one..Chapter 9. Jealousy in Children with Autism.Nirit Bauminger, Ph.D., Bar-Ilan University, Israel, discusses findings of her research on explicitness of jealousy presentations among typical preschoolers and those with autism. She discusses her findings in terms of the contributions of cognitive capacity to affectivity under conditions of loss of exclusiveness..Chapter 10. Self- and Interpersonal Awareness.R. Peter Hobson, Ph.D., Travistock Clinic and University College, London, draws on work pertaining to the presence of jealousy in people with autism for insights into jealousy as a refection of self-awareness, inte