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    Partner phubbing, romantic jealousy, resentment and marital satisfaction among married individuals
    (UMT Lahore, 2020) Amna Arshad
    This study aimed to find out the relationship between partner phubbing, romantic jealousy, resentment and marital satisfaction among married individuals. Further it was aimed to explore the role of romantic jealousy and resentment as mediator in said relationship. This study used cross-sectional research design. Data consisted of N=300 married individuals from major cities of Pakistan from males (N = 150) and females (N =150) for this study. Partner Phubbing Scale (Roberts & David, 2016), Motives for Inducing Romantic Jealousy (Mattingly, Whitson & Mattingly, 2012); Resentment Rating Scale for couples (Agbalog & Yukawa, 2019) & ENRICH Marital Satisfaction scale (Fowers & Olson, 1993) were used. Pearson product moment correlation analysis was carried out and the result showed that partner phubbing was found to be significantly positively correlated with romantic jealousy and resentment whereas romantic jealousy was also found to be significantly positively correlated with resentment since partner phubbing, romantic jealousy and resentment were found to be significantly negatively correlated with marital satisfaction and its subscale i.e. idealistic distortion. It was also revealed that partner phubbing, romantic jealousy and resentment were negative significant predictors of marital satisfaction. Romantic jealousy and Resentment significantly mediated the relationship between Partner phubbing and Marital Satisfaction. It is concluded that increasing use of cell phones leads towards jealousy and resentment which in turn may impact relationship satisfaction and personal well-being.