Online social networks are very important in every-day life as they offer new
possibilities for communication. Couples may benefit from new opportunities
and thus achieve better levels of relationship satisfaction. Some
psychological characteristics may interfere with online communication in
predicting satisfaction. This study was designed to examine associations
between attachment insecurity, communication on Social Network Sites (SNS),
and relational satisfaction. SNS communication was postulated to be a
moderator in the relationship between attachment and relational satisfaction
among Romanian young couples. The participants were 73 couples (146
individuals). Structural equation modeling using the actor-partner
interdependence moderated model demonstrated that attachment insecurities
show strong associations with relational satisfaction (both actor and
partner effects) and that both the quality and the frequency of the
communication on social network sites shape in different ways these
associations. The results emphasize the role of SNS communication and how it
can determine different patterns of relational satisfaction based on the
attachment orientation of partners.
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