Romantic Jealousy on Facebook: Causes and Outcomes
This article uses White and Mullen's jealousy model as a basis to derive hypotheses about the causes and effects of Facebook-related romantic jealousy. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to test these hypotheses (N = 196). General Facebook use by the user or the romantic partner were not substantially related to user jealousy. Reports of a variety of interactions between partners and potential rivals were positively related to jealousy, including the partner posting on others' walls and acquiring new Facebook friends which are unknown to the user. Additionally, those interaction were also associated with attempts to improve the relationship using Facebook relational maintenance behaviors as well as intentions to end it or have casual extra-dyadic sex (infidelity).
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2016
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Authors: | Carpenter, Christopher J. |
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International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies (IJICST). - IGI Global, ISSN 2155-4226, ZDB-ID 2703417-3. - Vol. 6.2016, 1 (01.01.), p. 1-16
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Publisher: |
IGI Global |
Subject: | Facebook | Infidelity | Jealousy | Relational Maintenance | Social Networking Sites |
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