219eMotion r eGulation Handout 6  (p. 6 of 10)
jealouS y Wor DS
jealous clutching fear of losing someone/
somethingrivalrous wary
cautious defensive suspicious watchful
clinging mistrustful possessive self- protective
prompting e vents for f eeling j ealous
••An important relationship is threatened or in 
danger of being lost.
••A potential competitor pays attention to 
someone you love.
••Someone:
••Is threatening to take away important things in your life.
••Goes out with the person you like.
••Ignores you while talking to a friend of yours.
••Is more attractive, outgoing, or self-  
confident than you.••You are treated as unimportant by a person you want to be close to.
••Your partner tells you that he or she desires more time alone.
••Your partner appears to flirt with someone else.
••A person you are romantically involved with looks at someone else.
••You find the person you love is having an affair with someone else.
••Other:  
interpretations of e vents That p rompt f eelings of j ealousy
••Believing that:
••Your partner does not care for you any more.
••You are nothing to your partner.
••Your partner is going to leave you.
••Your partner is behaving inappropriately.
••You don’t measure up to your peers.
••I deserve more than what you are receiving.••Believing that:
••You were cheated.
••No one cares about you.
••Your rival is possessive and competitive.
••Your rival is insecure.