Stepfamilies consist of several rival relationships including former spouses, romantic relationships, and children. This study seeks to extend the relatively limited research on jealousy research in the family by exploring jealousy experiences of parental stepfamily members. Based on the existing research examining jealousy in interpersonal relationships and the existing research examining stepfamily relationships, there appears to be a gap in the literature related to jealously in the stepfamily, specifically between the adult parental figures in the stepfamily. Jealousy has the potential to be a volatile emotion. Consequently, there are ethical and pragmatic concerns associated with experimental manipulations designed to induce jealousy to monitor participant responses (Bringle & Buunk, 1986). Likewise, emotions are best studied as narratives to avoid reducing and oversimplifying the qualitative aspects of the psychosocial dynamics of emotion to a small number of dimensions (Lazarus, 2006). Utilizing interviews will allow participants to recall instances of jealousy experiences and expressions they have had in the past allowing for narration and reflection. Therefore, this research proposal asks the following research questions:
RQ1: How is jealousy experienced by parental figures in stepfamilies?
1a: Is jealousy experienced differently by male parental figures than by female parental figures?
1b: Is jealousy experienced differently by a biological parent than it is by a stepparent?
RQ3: How do adult parental figures in stepfamilies cope with their emotions of jealously?
RQ4: How do adult parental figures in stepfamilies respond to jealousy in t the family environment?
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