“Let's (Not) Talk About That”: Bridging the Past Sexual Experiences Taboo to Build Healthy Romantic Relationships

Anderson, Michael; Kunkel, Adrianne; Dennis, Michael Robert

doi:10.1080/00224499.2010.482215

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“…As CPM Axiom #8 predicts, privacy regulation is often unpredictable and can range from disruptions in the privacy management system to complete breakdowns (Petronio, in press). Research has illustrated the viability of this axiom in numerous ways (e.g., Anderson, Kunkel, & Dennis, 2011;Duggan & Petronio, 2009;Petronio & Lewis, 2010;Petronio & Sargent, 2011;Steuber & Solomon, 2012). For example, there can be disclosure predicaments that arise, making it difficult to know how to productively address privacy management in order to reach needed goals.…”

Section: Privacy Turbulencementioning

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Brief Status Report on Communication Privacy Management Theory

Petronio

2013

Journal of Family Communication

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Section: Privacy Turbulencementioning

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Brief Status Report on Communication Privacy Management Theory

Petronio

2013

Journal of Family Communication

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“…New partners may respond negatively to their significant others' romantic or sexual histories (Lancaster, Dillow, Ball, Borchert, & Tyler, 2016;Robards & Lincoln, 2016). Indeed, people often avoid discussing past sexual experiences or romantic relationships with their partners to prevent jealousy (Anderson, Kunkel, & Dennis, 2011;Baxter & Wilmot, 1985).…”

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Social Media’s Role in Romantic Partners’ Retroactive Jealousy: Social Comparison, Uncertainty, and Information Seeking

Frampton

Fox

2018

Social Media + Society

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Social media often have a dark side in romantic relationships. Affordances such as persistence, association, and visibility can promote romantic jealousy and the salience of relationship threats, including ex-partners. Retroactive jealousy occurs when a person feels upset about their partner’s romantic history even though ex-partners are not actively interfering in the current relationship. Interviews ( N = 36) probed how participants felt social networking sites (SNSs) promoted and mitigated retroactive romantic jealousy. Furthermore, we examined the consequences of these experiences. Participants indicated that SNSs lead to retroactive jealousy via social comparison, digital remnants, and relational uncertainty. In addition, participants used SNSs to gather information or monitor their partners. These information-seeking activities allowed them to disparage a romantic partner’s exes; avoid direct, interactive information seeking about exes; and digitally fact-check information the partner disclosed. Some participants reframed information about the ex-relationship or actively avoided SNSs to reduce retroactive jealousy. Although SNSs may be used in an attempt to mitigate retroactive jealousy, our findings suggest this strategy may backfire in some cases.

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“…Moreover, avoiding a sexual-experience topic will be less harmful to a relationship because sex is often considered taboo (Golish, 2000; Knobloch & Carpenter-Theune, 2004). In fact, discussing sexual topics is associated with negative consequences, which is why people tend to avoid it (Anderson, Kunkle, & Dennis, 2011). Thus, avoiding a relationship issue more than a sexual experience will be associated with negative perceptions.…”

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Topic Avoidance, Goal Understanding, and Relational Perceptions: Experimental Evidence

Palomares

Derman

2016

Communication Research

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Much research demonstrates an inverse correlation between topic avoidance (or aspects of avoidance) and relational perceptions, such as satisfaction. These data are almost always correlational, which does not afford causal conclusions despite statistical techniques that simulate causality. We present experimental data (using a scenario method) that examine two constructs involved in topic avoidance-avoided topics and inferred goals that precipitate topic avoidance-and their effects on the relational perceptions of satisfaction, hurt, and distance in the context of friendship. Both topics and inferred goals led to changes in perceptions of the friendship. Specifically, participants who inferred that their friend avoided a topic for self-protection goals reported lower levels of satisfaction and higher levels of hurt and distance than those who inferred relationship-protection goals. This difference was especially true for the relationship-issue topic.Interpersonal relationships are dynamic and complex. While somewhat unpredictable and context-specific, successful relationships share a strong foundation in effective communication. Effective communication typically relies on openness. However, choosing not to communicate may carry equally powerful relational effects. Picture two

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“Let's (Not) Talk About That”: Bridging the Past Sexual Experiences Taboo to Build Healthy Romantic Relationships

Cited by 49 publications

References 48 publications

Brief Status Report on Communication Privacy Management Theory

Brief Status Report on Communication Privacy Management Theory

Social Media’s Role in Romantic Partners’ Retroactive Jealousy: Social Comparison, Uncertainty, and Information Seeking

Topic Avoidance, Goal Understanding, and Relational Perceptions: Experimental Evidence

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