Obsessional jealousy in a community sample: Association with relationship factors, impairment and perceived treatment needs

• Published in: British journal of clinical psychology Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 298 - 311
• Main Authors: Ahlen, Johan, Bjureberg, Johan, Lenhard, Fabian, Wahlund, Tove, Linde, Johanna, Mataix‐Cols, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2023; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Alcohol use; Female; Functional impairment; Humans; Infidelity; Insight; Jealousy; Male; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Models, Psychological; obsessional jealousy; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - psychology; perceived needs; Psychological development; Psychological models; Psychological support; Surveys and Questionnaires; Treatment needs; Violence; Women; functional impairment; obsessional jealousy; perceived needs

Objectives Romantic jealousy could be understood as a continuum, from reality‐based, transient and functional jealousy to a more chronic form of jealousy with varying insight, intensity and duration. The latter has some overlaps with obsessive–compulsive disorder (here termed obsessional jealousy)....