Jealous of Your Partner’s Past Relationships? What Retroactive Jealousy is and My Top 5 Tips to Make it Stop (Podcast Episode 275)

Jealousy in a moment happens when you perceive someone or something else as a threat to your relationship. Retroactive jealousy is different because you feel threatened by something or someone in your partner’s past but there’s no current situation happening that’s triggering this feeling. Today I’m going to talk about the signs of retroactive jealousy, why you act this way and my top five tips for making it stop.

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Research and Resources for Retroactive Jealousy

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Martínez-León1, Nancy Consuelo et. al, A systematic review of romantic jealousy in relationships. Scielo, Ter Psicol vol.35 no.2 Santiago jul. 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0718-48082017000200203

Frampton, J. R., & Fox, J. (2018). Social Media’s Role in Romantic Partners’ Retroactive Jealousy: Social Comparison, Uncertainty, and Information Seeking. Social Media + Society.

DeSteno, David et al. “Jealousy and the threatened self: getting to the heart of the green-eyed monster.” Journal of personality and social psychology 91 4 (2006): 626-41.

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