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Use of communication technologies in romantic relationships
- Source :
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 32:667-686
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2014.
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Abstract
- Self-disclosure is vital to the maintenance and development of personal relationships, but research regarding the use of communication technologies (CTs) for self-disclosure in relationships is mixed. This study extends previous research on the topic by examining associations between reduced-cue CT use, relationship development, and self-disclosure in specific conversations in proximal romantic relationships. Participants ( N = 64) reported on each conversation with their partners over a 4-day period. Use of a reduced-cue CT in a conversation was negatively associated with self-disclosure breadth and depth in that conversation. Furthermore, the negative association between text-based CT use (text messaging, instant messaging, and e-mail) and self-disclosure breadth was weaker at higher levels of relationship development, and the negative association between voice-based CT use (telephone) and self-disclosure depth was stronger at higher levels of relationship development. These findings suggest that CTs function differently in proximal romantic relationships than in previous studies of interactions between strangers and that relationship development is an important factor in understanding self-disclosure via CTs.
- Subjects :
- Sociology and Political Science
Social Psychology
Communication
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Negative association
Romance
Developmental psychology
Negatively associated
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Self-disclosure
Text messaging
Relationship development
Conversation
Instant messaging
Psychology
Social psychology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14603608 and 02654075
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........dc0676f00b817f73249432ca63e5b340
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407514541075