Introduction to the special issue on communication technologies and relationships

Perlman, Daniel; Sprecher, Susan; Drouin, Michelle

doi:10.1177/02654075211060905

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“…De forma que las transformaciones en la vivencia de la intimidad están estrechamente ligadas a las experiencias de soledad descritas (Illouz, 2007;Sibilia, 2008;Zafra, 2010). Asimismo, esta visión corporizada de la emoción diluye la división radical entre aislamiento y soledad sostenida por las corrientes cognitivistas puras (Perlman y Peplau, 1981). La soledad implica, pues, una afectación y desafectación de nuestro cuerpo como ser-con-los-otros-en-el-mundo, donde, ya sea por aislamiento, distanciamiento, virtualización o disminución de la interacción, ese mismo cuerpo percibe un cambio en la matriz de relaciones.…”

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Soledades y desiertos: un estudio sobre las vivencias de la soledad en jóvenes universitarios del sureste español

Caballero Cala

2023

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La importancia social que está adquiriendo la soledad en las sociedades contemporáneas ha convertido esta experiencia en objeto de investigación de disciplinas como la antropología. El abordaje antropológico, tratando de redibujar los análisis tradicionales en clave individual y psicológica, busca ofrecer una lectura sociocultural y colectiva de esta realidad. Esta investigación analiza, mediante el método Photo Elicited Interview (PEI), la vivencia de la soledad en jóvenes de Almería, entre 19 y 24 años, en el contexto post-COVID desde las coordenadas de la recién surgida antropología de la soledad. Los resultados del análisis se organizan en tres niveles: subjetivo-corporal (soledades), interpersonal (procesos de desertización) y sociocultural (desiertos), conectando la dimensión subjetiva del fenómeno con los discursos sobre las trasformaciones en un medio ambiente social y relacional. Por su complejidad, este artículo desmenuza únicamente los hallazgos relativos al nivel subjetivo-corporal. La interpretación de las cuarenta entrevistas permitió reconocer seis dimensiones de la vivencia de la soledad: la emocional, la física, la existencial, la identitaria, la relacional y la transformadora; todas ellas en estrecha interacción con los factores que las agravan, como son la discriminación y el rechazo, la vida en la ciudad, la competitividad capitalista, el nihilismo y, de una manera ambivalente, las redes sociales (la digitalización neoliberal), la psicología y el aislamiento derivado de la COVID. Los hallazgos revelan una problemática de enorme calado y refuerzan la necesidad de adoptar una comprensión corporal, relacional y sociopolítica de la soledad.

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Soledades y desiertos: un estudio sobre las vivencias de la soledad en jóvenes universitarios del sureste español

Caballero Cala

2023

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“…Ample research demonstrates that unmet belongingness needs are consequential to physical and psychological health. Loneliness, or a perceived deficit in the quality or quantity of social ties, is considered a critical indicator of relationship deficits (Perlman & Peplau, 1981), signaling that belongingness needs are not met (Baumeister & Leary, 1995). Importantly, loneliness is distinct from social isolation, or the objective number of social ties.…”

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Supportive-leadership training to improve social connection: A cluster-randomized trial demonstrating efficacy in a high-risk occupational context

Mohr¹,

Hammer²,

Dimoff³

et al. 2023

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Concern over mental health and well-being is acute, particularly following stressful pandemic times, marked by social disconnection and loneliness. At risk is one’s sense of social belonging, a fundamental human need critical to human survival. We echo Holt-Lunstad’s (2022) call for prioritizing social factors when addressing public health during and in recovery from the pandemic, arguing that workplace supervisors and leaders can play an important role. As a workplace context, the military is especially focused on social relationships as service member employees face extreme health and safety challenges, not unlike other high risk first responder occupations. This study evaluated the efficacy of an evidence-based supportive-leadership training intervention targeting active-duty U.S. Army platoon leaders. The goal of the training was to increase service members’ social connectedness through leaders providing social support for psychological health and resilience, thereby decreasing loneliness. One hundred-four platoon leaders completed the 90-minute training that consisted of both in-person and computer-based components. Intervention effects were tested using an intent-to-treat approach and revealed a significant effect, whereby loneliness for service members who were randomized to the intervention group (N=118) was significantly reduced compared to loneliness reports for service members in the control group (N=158). Service members with higher baseline loneliness were more strongly and positively impacted by the supervisor training, reporting higher levels of emotional support and stigma-reduction behaviors from their leaders at 3 months post-baseline. In sum, these results suggest how workplaces and their leaders play a critical role in a national strategy to address Americans’ well-being.

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“…Similarly, loneliness indicates a void in one's desired versus actual relationship connections (Perlman & Peplau, 1981). Relational insecurity-a characteristic of insecurely attached individuals-is a cause of loneliness (Whelan et al, 2016).…”

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“…they generally experience a disconnection from others (e.g., less social and emotional relationships) (Perlman & Peplau, 1981).…”

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A psychological examination of attachment insecurity, loneliness, and fear of missing out as drivers of retail patronage among emerging adults

Rippé

Smith

Gala

2023

Int J Consumer Studies

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Recent consumer literature has shown that attachment insecurity (i.e., anxious, avoidant) enhances individual's motivations for retail shopping. We extend that literature using attachment theory to explain how attachment insecurity, loneliness (i.e., social, emotional), and fear of missing out (FoMO) affect retail patronage. We posit that these three negatively valenced psychosocial conditions generally incline emerging adult consumers toward retail patronage to resolve their relational deficits. Based on results from partial least squares‐structural equation modeling (n = 509), we find support for most of our hypotheses. The study presents previously unavailable knowledge about antecedents of FoMO and multiple negative psychosocial drivers of retail patronage. We provide a foundation for future scholarship to examine more broadly how attachment, loneliness, and FoMO impact consumer behavior. Managerial and theoretical implications are also provided.

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Introduction to the special issue on communication technologies and relationships

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

Soledades y desiertos: un estudio sobre las vivencias de la soledad en jóvenes universitarios del sureste español

Soledades y desiertos: un estudio sobre las vivencias de la soledad en jóvenes universitarios del sureste español

Supportive-leadership training to improve social connection: A cluster-randomized trial demonstrating efficacy in a high-risk occupational context

A psychological examination of attachment insecurity, loneliness, and fear of missing out as drivers of retail patronage among emerging adults

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