A dark side of positive illusions? Associations between the love-is-blind bias and the experience of jealousy

► The love-is-blind bias is positively associated with experiences of anxious jealousy. ► The love-is-blind bias is weakly associated with possessive jealousy. ► The love-is-blind bias is not associated with reactive jealousy. ► The love-is-blind bias may have a negative relational outcome. Previous...

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Published in:	Personality and individual differences Vol. 53; no. 6; pp. 796 - 800
Main Authors:	Swami, Viren, Inamdar, Shrinal, Stieger, Stefan, Nader, Ingo W., Pietschnig, Jakob, Tran, Ulrich S., Voracek, Martin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01-10-2012 Elsevier
Subjects:	Affectivity. Emotion Biological and medical sciences Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Jealousy Love-is-blind bias Lovestyles Partner perceptions Personality. Affectivity Positive illusions Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Social interactions. Communication. Group processes Social psychology Partner perceptions Positive illusions Jealousy Love-is-blind bias Lovestyles Affect affectivity Social interaction Correlation analysis Romantic love Satisfaction Physical attraction Interpersonal relation
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Summary:	► The love-is-blind bias is positively associated with experiences of anxious jealousy. ► The love-is-blind bias is weakly associated with possessive jealousy. ► The love-is-blind bias is not associated with reactive jealousy. ► The love-is-blind bias may have a negative relational outcome. Previous work has shown that the tendency to positively perceive a romantic partner’s physical attractiveness (i.e., the love-is-blind bias) is associated with positive self and relationship outcomes. Here, we examined possible associations between the love-is-blind bias and a negative relational outcome, namely the experience of jealousy. A total of 217 participants provided ratings of the overall physical attractiveness of the self and their romantic partners and also completed measures of three types of jealousy (anxious, reactive, and possessive), lovestyles, and relationship satisfaction. Results showed that the love-is-blind bias positively predicted the experience of anxious jealousy even after controlling for the effects of lovestyles and relationship satisfaction. Furthermore, the love-is-blind bias was significantly and positively correlated with possessive jealousy, but did not emerge as a significant predictor once the effects of lovestyles had been taken into account. Finally, the love-is-blind bias was not significantly correlated with reactive jealousy. These results indicate that the love-is-blind bias may have a negative relational outcome.
ISSN:	0191-8869 1873-3549
DOI:	10.1016/j.paid.2012.06.004