Partner phubbing, romantic jealousy, resentment and marital satisfaction among married individuals
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2020
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UMT Lahore
Abstract
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.