Behavioral jealousy is an action that occurs between an individual experiencing envious thoughts and the way they internalize and respond to stimuli. Pfeiffer and Wong (1989) “conceptualize jealous behaviors as the detective/protective measures a person takes when relational rivals (real or imagined) are perceived. Detective actions include questioning, checking on the partner, and searching his or her personal belongings” (p. 183). Research suggests that behavioral jealousy is used to maintain relationships. Relationship maintenance refers to positive or negative behaviors that occur between two individuals in order to maintain a healthy communicative balance. Dainton and Gross (2008) specifically discuss the impact that negative behaviors such as inducing jealousy can have on maintaining a relationship. For example, using negative maintenance behaviors such as jealousy to respond to a relationship is negatively associated with relationship satisfaction. This research relates to the idea of ​​social support and how individuals respond to their partners. Researchers agree that jealousy in relationships can have a negative impact, but also increase romantic feelings and satisfaction depending on how the jealousy is initially communicated (Dainton & Gross, 2008; Yoshimura, 2004). “A key idea behind this study is that the way jealous individuals communicate their jealousy influences the way the target responds communicatively. The results showed that the targets of jealous expressions react most strongly in the style of the initial expression” (Yoshimura, 2004, p. 95). How jealousy is initially expressed based on attitude and mood can affect the partner's response and shape and guide the relationship...... middle of paper ......a parallel correlation offline jealous behaviors. Groothof, Dijkstra, and Barelds (2009) suggest that "when it comes to offline acts of infidelity, men are more upset than women by a partner's sexual infidelity online, while women more than men, are more upset by the emotional infidelity of a partner. via the Internet” (p. 1126). Research also suggests that in addition to sociocultural and evolutionary jealousy based on sexual differentiation; further research should focus on the individual's social cognitive perspective regarding the emotion of jealousy. Harris (2002) suggests that “individuals clearly vary in their susceptibility to feelings of jealousy…the degree of jealousy will be determined by the evaluations people make regarding the severity of a threat” (p. 11). That said, more research into sexual jealousy triggers should be done...