Leaving without a word: Ghosting and the Dark Triad traits

Jonason, Peter K.; Kaźmierczak, Izabela; Campos, Ana Catarina; Davis, Mark D.

doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103425

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“…Social media users leverage the platforms’ features and functionalities to voice the need for improvement as a society (promotive voice behavior) or to point out potentially harmful actions and draw attention to them (prohibitive voice behavior). However, immoral behaviors might manifest, for instance, as knowingly spreading misinformation (Effron and Raj, 2019), online shaming (Kasra, 2017), cyberbullying (Vismara et al, 2022), or ghosting (Jonason et al, 2021). These are examples of online behaviors through which users deliberately harm others.…”

Section: Morality In the Social Media Contextmentioning

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Morality in social media: A scoping review

Neumann

Rhodes

2023

New Media & Society

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Social media platforms have been adopted rapidly into our current culture and affect nearly all areas of our everyday lives. Their prevalence has raised questions about the influence of new communication technologies on moral reasoning, judgments, and behaviors. The present scoping review identified 80 articles providing an overview of scholarly work conducted on morality in social media. Screening for research that explicitly addressed moral questions, the authors found that research in this area tends to be atheoretical, US-based, quantitative, cross-sectional survey research in business, psychology, and communication journals. Findings suggested a need for increased theoretical contributions. The authors identified new developments in research analysis, including text scraping and machine coding, which may contribute to theory development. In addition, diversity across disciplines allows for a broad picture in this research domain, but more interdisciplinarity might be needed to foster creative approaches to this study area.

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Section: Morality In the Social Media Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Morality in social media: A scoping review

Neumann

Rhodes

2023

New Media & Society

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“…The end can be gradual or abrupt; it can involve many troubling discussions and in-depth, uncomfortable, explanations. This means that many individuals consider it far easier to avoid face-to-face meetings and, instead, simply stop responding [1]. Ghosting is a form of avoiding a person with whom one was corresponding by abruptly (or gradually) ending all communication with no explanation [2,3].…”

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“…Ghosting is a form of avoiding a person with whom one was corresponding by abruptly (or gradually) ending all communication with no explanation [2,3]. Common examples of ghosting include "unfriending" or "unmatching" on social media or failing to respond to phone calls, emails, or text messages [1,4]. According to new research based on interviews with ghosters and ghostees [5,6], ghosting can also occur in platonic friendships.…”

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“…Recent research has revealed that individuals with "dark triad" traits, characterized by narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, are the most likely to avoid the awkward and emotionally draining conversations associated with ending a relationship [1,16,17]. These individuals have little empathy for the people they hurt; instead, they are driven by the need to avoid distress for themselves [3].…”

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The Translation and Preliminary Psychometric Validation of the Ghosting Questionnaire in Urdu

Husain,

Sadiqa,

Zahid

et al. 2024

EJIHPE

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Background: “Ghosting” refers to the practice of abruptly cutting off all contact with a person with whom you have been in constant correspondence. The break comes without warning and without understandable provocation. The term most commonly applies to online romantic relationships. The motives for and effects of ghosting have been studied, and validated research questionnaires have been developed; however, there are no such questionnaires available for Urdu speakers. The purpose of this study was to adapt the “Ghosting Questionnaire (GQ)” for use in Pakistan and India, two of the world’s most populous countries—a process that involves translation, adaptation, and validation. (2) Methods: The study’s methodology involved translating the GQ into Urdu using both forward and backward translation techniques. Convergent validity, test–retest reliability, internal consistency, confirmatory factor analysis, and goodness of fit were all components of the psychometric analyses. (4) Conclusions: The Urdu version of the GQ demonstrated a good internal consistency, with the Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega both exceeding 0.90. It also showed a high test–retest reliability—(0.96). The one-factor structure was confirmed by the confirmatory factor analysis, which agreed with the original English version of the GQ.

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“…Similarly, in earlier research (Collins & Gillath, 2012), those who were more avoidant were more likely to use indirect methods to break up. Those with dark triad traits (i.e., psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism) are also more accepting of ghosting in romantic relationships (Jonason et al, 2021). In an online survey of 626 adults in Spain (Navarro et al, 2021), self‐esteem, hostile conflict resolution styles, and withdrawal conflict resolution styles were positively correlated with the intention to ghost a romantic partner, and positive conflict resolution styles were negatively correlated with the intention to ghost.…”

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When silence speaks louder than words: Exploring the experiences and attitudes of ghosters

Wu,

Bamishigbin

2023

Personal Relationships

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Ghosting has become commonplace beyond romantic relationships. Therefore, we aimed to broadly understand ghosters' (i.e., people who ghost others) experiences including the process of ghosting, reasons and attributions for ghosting, feelings and behaviors associated with ghosting, and attitudes toward ghosting. Thirty‐four undergraduates (65% Latinx, 15% Asian, 12% Black, 8% Other ethnicity) who had ghosted another person were interviewed in‐person about their ghosting attitudes, ghosting behaviors, and a memorable ghosting experience. Inductive thematic analyses informed by grounded theory yielded eight themes: A Clear Cause, Avoidance of Confrontation, Short‐term Orientation, Ghostees as Socially Inferior, Ignoring then Blocking, Attempts by Ghostee to Reach Out, Mixed and Evolving Feelings, and Recognition of Harm. Our findings indicate that psychological consequences for ghosters should be further examined.

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Leaving without a word: Ghosting and the Dark Triad traits

Cited by 13 publications

References 54 publications

Morality in social media: A scoping review

Morality in social media: A scoping review

The Translation and Preliminary Psychometric Validation of the Ghosting Questionnaire in Urdu

When silence speaks louder than words: Exploring the experiences and attitudes of ghosters

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