Sybil L. Hart & Maria Legerstee 
Handbook of Jealousy [EPUB ebook] 
Theory, Research, and Multidisciplinary Approaches

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

Innehållsförteckning

Contributors viii

Preface x

Maria Legerstee

Introduction 1

Sybil L. Hart

Part I Background 5

1 Jealousy in Western History: From Past toward Present 7

Peter N. Stearns

2 Loss, Protest, and Emotional Development 27

Michael Lewis

3 Jealousy and Romantic Love 40

Aaron Ben-Zeev

Part II Socio-Biological Foundations 55

4 The Ontogenesis of Jealousy in the First Year of Life: A
Theory of Jealousy as a Biologically-Based Dimension of Temperament
57

Sybil L. Hart

5 Neural Structures of Jealousy: Infants’ Experience of
Social Exclusion with Caregivers and Peers 83

Gabriela Markova, James Stieben, and Maria Legerstee

6 The Evolutionary Sources of Jealousy: Cross-Species Approaches
to Fundamental Issues 101

Jaak Panksepp

7 Sibling Rivalry in the Birds and Bees 121

Scott Forbes

8 Green Eyes in Bio-Cultural Frames 144

Vasudevi Reddy

Part III Cognitive Underpinnings 161

9 Social Bonds, Triadic Relationships, and Goals: Preconditions
for the Emergence of Human Jealousy 163

Maria Legerstee, Baila Ellenbogen, Tom Nienhuis, and Heidi
Marsh

10 Jealousy in Infant-Peer Trios: From Narcissism to
Culture 192

Ben S. Bradley

11 Parental Reports of Jealousy in Early Infancy: Growing
Tensions between Evidence and Theory 235

Riccardo Draghi-Lorenz

12 Jealousy in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) 267

Nirit Bauminger

13 Is Jealousy a Complex Emotion? 293

R. Peter Hobson

14 What Is Missing in the Study of the Development of Jealousy?
312

Joseph J. Campos, Eric A. Walle, and Audun Dahl

Part IV Social-Emotional Foundations within the
Parent-Child-Sibling Context 329

15 A Theoretical Model of the Development of Jealousy: Insight
through Inquiry into Jealousy Protest 331

Sybil L. Hart

16 Jealousy and Attachment: The Case of Twins 362

R. M. Pasco Fearon, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, and Marinus
H. van IJzendoorn

17 The Development of Sibling Jealousy 387

Brenda L. Volling, Denise E. Kennedy, and Lisa M. H.
Jackey

18 The Socialization of Sibling Rivalry: What’s Love Got
to Do? 418

Sybil L. Hart

Part V Socio-Emotional Foundations within Other Eliciting
Contexts 443

19 Family Triangular Interactions in Infancy: A Context for the
Development of Jealousy? 445

Elisabeth Fivaz-Depeursinge, Nicolas Favez, Chloe ´
Lavanchy Scaiola, and Francesco Lopes

20 Culture, Parenting, and the Development of Jealousy 477

Heidi Keller and Bettina Lamm

21 Social Class, Competition, and Parental Jealousy in
Children’s Sports 498

Noel Dyck

22 When Friends Have Other Friends: Friendship Jealousy in
Childhood and Early Adolescence 516

Jeffrey G. Parker, Sara A. Kruse, and Julie Wargo Aikins

23 Jealousy in Adulthood 547

Christine R. Harris and Ryan S. Darby

Index 572

Om författaren

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).