jealousy
Let an agent explain jealousy and its forms in neutral terms, relay psychological and evolutionary accounts from academic sources with attribution, describe pathological jealousy and support options in general, and distinguish jealousy from envy and from healthy concern.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Help Safety first.
Safety
Safety.
Safety
Safety.
- Why do controlling, threatening or violent behaviour linked to jealousy need help from domestic abuse services or emergency services? action
- Is the user describing danger to themselves or others, which needs urgent help? boundary
Support
Support.
Support
Support.
- What support exists for people struggling with jealousy, from counselling to therapy? provenance
- Is the user asking for personal advice, which needs a qualified professional? boundary
Understand What jealousy is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is jealousy, and how does it differ from envy and from reasonable concern? definition
- Is the question about jealousy, envy or possessiveness? boundary
Forms
Forms.
Forms
Forms.
- What are romantic, sexual, friendship and sibling jealousy, and what are obsessional jealousy and the Rebecca syndrome? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
Science Theories.
Psychology
Psychology.
Psychology
Psychology.
- How do psychologists explain jealousy, attachment and insecurity? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Evolution
Evolutionary accounts.
Evolution
Evolution.
- What do evolutionary theories claim about sex differences in jealousy, and how contested are they, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed? boundary
Context Culture and clinic.
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How is jealousy portrayed in literature from Othello to modern fiction, and how do cultures differ? provenance
- Which entry fits jealousy in literature? action
Clinical
Clinical.
Clinical
Clinical.
- How are morbid and delusional jealousy assessed and treated, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits delusional disorder? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Friendship jealousy, sexual jealousy, Rebecca syndrome, obsessional jealousy
What it is Filled
An emotion arising from the perceived threat of losing a valued relationship or possession to a rival, involving fear, anger and insecurity, in forms such as romantic and sexual jealousy, friendship jealousy and sibling jealousy, studied in psychology and evolutionary theory, and in pathological forms such as obsessional or morbid jealousy and the retrospective jealousy sometimes called the Rebecca syndrome; jealousy differs from envy, which concerns wanting what another has.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain jealousy and its forms in neutral terms, relay psychological and evolutionary accounts from academic sources with attribution, describe pathological jealousy and support options in general, and distinguish jealousy from envy and from healthy concern.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Three-party structure
- Fear and anger blend
- Relational context
- Pathological extremes
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Help a jealous person monitor, track or control a partner.
- Treat jealousy as proof of love or justify controlling behaviour.
- Diagnose someone's relationship from a description.
Only with a human decision
- Contacting help when jealousy appears tied to threats or violence.
May
- Explain jealousy as an emotion, from psychological sources.
- Suggest support or counselling services to a person struggling with jealousy.
Moral aspects Filled
- Jealousy is a common driver of coercive control and intimate partner violence.
- People feeling jealousy deserve support without stigma.
Who is affected
- Partners
- Children in the household
- People experiencing jealousy
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the emotion.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1182638 - registry parent class
- Q141119024 - registry parent class
related
- envy or jealousy - in registry terms
- defensive pessimism - in registry terms, a parent that appears misfiled
- envy - wanting what another has
- evolutionary psychology - and social psychology
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.jealousy
- Wikidata: Q6545811 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6545811)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Emotion about losing a relationship to a rival
- Romantic, sexual, friendship and sibling jealousy; obsessional jealousy; Rebecca syndrome
- Envy wants what another has; possessiveness is a behaviour; suspicion may be justified
- Not a visible object; an emotional state.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain forms
- relay theories
- describe pathological forms and support
- distinguish from envy
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing jealousy with envy
- Normalising controlling behaviour
- Agents counselling on personal relationships beyond general information
- Missing signs of abuse
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation; clinical classification of delusional jealousy in ICD and DSM
- Laws on coercive control and domestic abuse where jealousy fuels harm
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; an emotion.
- romantic and sexual jealousy
- friendship jealousy
- sibling and family jealousy
- workplace jealousy
- obsessional and morbid jealousy
- retrospective jealousy or Rebecca syndrome
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q6545811: jealousy - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Jealousy - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should morbid jealousy be a separate entry?
- How should psychological sources be linked?
- The registry parent defensive pessimism appears misfiled and should be reviewed
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q6545811/spec.json