Love, jealousy, satisfaction and violence in young couples: A network analysis

In recent years, couples have been affected by health measures related to COVID-19, a circumstance that forces us to examine couple interactions in terms of crucial variables of their functioning. In this sense, the present study aimed to examine the association between love, jealousy, satisfaction,...

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Published in:PloS one 2023-05, Vol.18 (5), p.e0285555
Main Authors: Ventura-León, José, Lino-Cruz, Cristopher
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aggression
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Computer and Information Sciences
Conjugal violence
Coronaviruses
Couples
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Divorce
Domestic violence
Female
Humans
Husband and wife
Interpersonal Relations
Intimacy
Jealousy
Love
Male
Mathematical analysis
Measures
Medicine and Health Sciences
Methods
Network analysis
Network analysis (Planning)
Nodes
Pandemics
Personal Satisfaction
Physical Sciences
Research and Analysis Methods
Satisfaction
Social Sciences
Spouse Abuse
Validity
Variables
Violence
Wife abuse
Young adults
Youth
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Summary:In recent years, couples have been affected by health measures related to COVID-19, a circumstance that forces us to examine couple interactions in terms of crucial variables of their functioning. In this sense, the present study aimed to examine the association between love, jealousy, satisfaction, and violence in young couples through network analysis. A total of 834 young people and adults between 18 and 38 years of age (Mean = 20.97, SD = 2.39) participated; 646 women (77.50%) and 188 men (22.50%), who completed the Sternberg's love scale (STLS-R), Brief Jealousy Scale (BJS), Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS) and Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST-2). A partial unregularized network was estimated using the ggmModSelect function. The Bridge Strength index was calculated because the aim was to identify the bridge nodes between the variables under study. The results reveal that two nodes of the love variable, Commitment, and Intimacy, had a direct and moderate relationship with the Satisfaction node. The latter is the central node in the network. However, in the male group, the most intense associations are in Satisfaction-Intimacy, Violence-Passion, Jealousy-Commitment. It is concluded that there are relevant connections between the nodes of the network, which invite further research on couple relationships after the COVID-19 pandemic.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0285555