Mate Value Discrepancy and Attachment Anxiety Predict the Perpetration of Digital Dating Abuse

Bhogal, Manpal Singh; Howman, Jessica M.

doi:10.1007/s40806-018-0172-6

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“…They perceive little power and control in their relationships, making it difficult for them to negotiate and enforce protection during sexual interactions. Hence, they are more likely to comply with unprotected sex against their will (Berenson et al, 2015;Edwards & Barber, 2010;Woerner et al, 2016), unwanted sexting (Drouin & Tobin, 2014;Henry et al, 2017;Klettke et al, 2019), and unwanted online privacy intrusion by a partner (Bhogal & Howman, 2019;Reed et al, 2016). Research has not yet investigated the relationship between rejection sensitivity and sexting-related privacy management.…”

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confidence: 99%

Sexting during social isolation: Predicting sexting-related privacy management during the COVID-19 pandemic

Thomas¹,

Binder²,

Matthes³

2021

Cyberpsychology

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During the global COVID-19 pandemic, many people were physically separated from their romantic or sexual partners and added sexting to their sexual repertoire. Sexting involves the exchange of sensitive data and thus necessitates personal and interpersonal privacy management strategies such as information control and privacy boundary communication. This study investigates the psychological predictors of sexting-related privacy management. In an online survey with 494 young adults, we tested demographic, psychological, and behavioral correlates of sexting-related privacy management. Negative binomial regressions revealed that age, gender, and asynchronous sexting frequency positively predicted sexting-related privacy management. COVID-19-related social isolation moderated the positive effect of asynchronous sexting frequency: Asynchronous sexting frequency had a positive effect on sexting-related privacy management only in individuals with low or mean COVID-19-related social isolation. For those who perceived high COVID-19-related social isolation, asynchronous sexting frequency had no positive effect. This suggests that in a context of social isolation, even frequent sexters are willing to sacrifice their privacy. Relationship status, privacy concerns, rejection sensitivity, and synchronous sexting frequency were not related to sexting-related privacy management. The results highlight the various effects of COVID-19-related social isolation.

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confidence: 99%

Sexting during social isolation: Predicting sexting-related privacy management during the COVID-19 pandemic

Thomas¹,

Binder²,

Matthes³

2021

Cyberpsychology

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“…Although significant gender differences in the prevalence of attachment styles and its association with adult IPV has not been found [25,76] , the role of attachment anxiety and avoidance in TAADVA and ADVA may be different for males and females based on the findings of this study. As anxious attachment was not statistically significant like it has been found in previous research regarding ADVA [30,32] and TAADVA [37,41] , it would be useful to explore other psychological adjustment and personal competency-related factors rather than attachment directly such as jealousy or sensitivity to interpersonal rejection [31] . Future research should consider such personal and relational factors that may be linked with attachment and their potential direct and indirect associations with TAADVA, particularly considering recent findings regarding the role of social media-related jealousy and TAADVA [23] .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…However avoidant attachment has been related to adult/young adult IPV victimisation [70] and perpetration [71] . It is interesting that anxious attachment was not significant, considering research has found this factor to be associated with ADVA [30,32] and TAADVA [41,38,37] . Drawing on the attachment theory perspective, it may be that avoidant male adolescents use TAADVA to distance themselves from a partner or become victims due a partner's wish to pursue closeness within the relationship, a partner that may be more anxiously attached, as has been found in research with adults in terms of adult IPV [72,36] .…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Females were also reported to monitor their partner's messages or Facebook accounts, demand passwords to accounts and delete female friends on Facebook due to jealousy or anxiety about a partner's fidelity. Bhogal and Howman [41] also found that attachment anxiety was associated with high levels of TAADVA perpetration. Marshall et al [42] also found that attachment anxiety was positively associated and attachment avoidance negatively associated with Facebook jealousy and surveillance (i.e.…”

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confidence: 92%

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Correlates of Technology-Assisted Adolescent Dating Violence and Abuse

Stonard

2020

SER

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Technology-Assisted Adolescent Dating Violence and Abuse (TAADVA) has recently been recognised as new form of violence. However, little is known about the potential risk factors for TAADVA victimisation/perpetration or whether they are similar to those identified for offline Adolescent Dating Violence and Abuse (ADVA). This paper therefore examines the potential correlates of TAADVA victimisation only and perpetration-victimisation (vs. not involved). Findings are reported based on 277 12-18 year old British adolescents who had dated in the last year and completed a series of questionnaires. Findings highlight that correlates associated with ADVA are also related to TAADVA (e.g. past ADVA and having friends with experience of dating violence), however avoidant attachment insecurity was related to male TAADVA, which has not been identified before. Differences were found in some significant correlates for males and females. The findings highlight implications for addressing TAADVA and ADVA through education and awareness about healthy relationships, while considering factors that are associated with TAADVA involvement in prevention and intervention efforts.

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“…If having tanned skin is attractive, then mate value discrepancies between one's mate value and their partner could predict whether people engage in risky attractiveness enhancing behaviours to 'keep' a romantic partner. In support, mate value discrepancy has been applied to several areas such as cyberpsychology (Bhogal & Howman, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A brief report on the role of self-perceived mate value in attitudes towards sunbed use

Bhogal¹,

Owen²

2019

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Prior research suggests that women engage in attractiveness enhancing techniques to increase their mate value. This hypothesis suggests that attractiveness enhancing techniques are driven by evolutionary mechanisms in relation to increasing one’s mate value in the mating market. Therefore, people can engage in risky behaviours to achieve this goal, which can involve the use of sunbeds. We explored whether there was a mating motivation in a sample of sunbed users by exploring whether intrasexual competition, mate value, and self-esteem predicted attitudes towards sunbed use (n=98). We find that the only predictor of attitudes towards sunbed use was self-perceived mate value, in that those with higher self-perceived mate value reported negative attitudes towards sunbed use. We discuss these findings in light of evolutionary psychology.

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Mate Value Discrepancy and Attachment Anxiety Predict the Perpetration of Digital Dating Abuse

Cited by 17 publications

References 52 publications

Sexting during social isolation: Predicting sexting-related privacy management during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sexting during social isolation: Predicting sexting-related privacy management during the COVID-19 pandemic

Correlates of Technology-Assisted Adolescent Dating Violence and Abuse

A brief report on the role of self-perceived mate value in attitudes towards sunbed use

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