This Brief synthesizes findings from recent experiments on jealousy in infants with insights
from pioneering thinkers in developmental science. It discusses attachment issues status of
jealousy as an emotion and as a feature of temperament underpinnings in social cognition the
development of adaptive versus maladaptive presentations and facets of jealousy that may be
part of a normal repertoire of coping strategies. This unique volume also identifies facial
vocal and bodily responses associated with jealousy as well as situations of differential
treatment by caregivers that may bring them about. This knowledge is as useful in studying
children's emotional development as it is in addressing jealousy-based challenges in growing
families. Among the featured topics: Jealousy in infants defended and defined. A theory of
jealousy as temperament. Sadness anger fear and love. Individual differences and
normativity. Child and contextual influences on individual differences. Implications for
clinical intervention: preparing for a sibling's arrival. Jealousy in Infants is an essential
resource for researchers clinicians and graduate students in developmental psychology infant
mental health and social psychology.
