“She Posted It on Facebook”

Rueda, Heidi Lee Adams; Lindsay, Megan; Williams, Lela Rankin

doi:10.1177/0743558414565236

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“…Reading social media feeds could also breed relationship jealousy. In a qualitative study with Mexican American adolescents, use of digital communication was associated with jealousy in romantic relationships and with mistrust due to online surveillance of partners’ activities (Rueda, Lindsay & Williams, 2015). …”

Section: Less Obvious Forms Of Digital Harm: the Potential Pain Of Lumentioning

confidence: 99%

The power and the pain of adolescents’ digital communication: Cyber victimization and the perils of lurking.

Underwood

Ehrenreich

2017

American Psychologist

114

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Many adolescents are heavily engaged with social media and text messaging (George & Odgers, 2016; Lenhart, 2015), yet few psychologists have studied what digital communication means for adolescents’ relationships and adjustment. This paper proposes that psychologists should embrace the careful study of adolescents’ digital communication. We discuss theoretical frameworks for understanding adolescents’ involvement with social media, present less widely recognized perils of intense involvement with social media, and highlight positive features of digital communication. Co-construction theory suggests that adolescents help to create the content of digital communication that shapes their lives, and that there may be strong continuity between adolescents’ offline and online lives (Subrahmanyam, Smahel, & Greenfield, 2006). However, psychological theories and research methods could further illuminate the power and the pain of adolescents’ digital communication. Psychologists need to understand more about subtle but potentially serious risks that adolescents might face: the agony of victimization by even a single episode of cyberbullying and the pain of social exclusion and comparison resulting from vast amounts of time reading large social media feeds and seeing friends doing things without you and comparing your inner emotional experience to everyone else’s highly groomed depictions of their seemingly marvelous lives. If we seek to understand developmental psychopathology and to help youth at risk, psychologists need to embrace careful study of the content of adolescents’ online communication, parents need to talk with their children about their own online experiences and become familiar with social media themselves, and clinicians need to address adolescents’ online social lives in prevention and treatment programs.

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Section: Less Obvious Forms Of Digital Harm: the Potential Pain Of Lumentioning

confidence: 99%

The power and the pain of adolescents’ digital communication: Cyber victimization and the perils of lurking.

Underwood

Ehrenreich

2017

American Psychologist

114

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“…Participants described conflict, jealousy, reductions in trust, and a belief that app use decreased their partner's focus on their relationship, which have been reported among heterosexual samples (Clayton, 2014; Hertlein & Ancheta, 2014; McDaniel & Coyne, 2014; Rueda et al, 2014). We also found that jealousy and trust issues were referenced primarily in context of breaks in the couple's relationship agreement (e.g., not checking with main partner prior to a sexual encounter with a partner met through the app), or when prospective sexual partners who couples met through the app gave a disproportionate amount of attention to one partner.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…Although past research has often focused on the adverse impact GSN apps can have on heterosexual relationships (Clayton, 2014; Coyne et al, 2011; Hertlein & Ancheta, 2014; McDaniel & Coyne, 2014; Rueda et al, 2014), the current study offers insight into ways that same-sex male couples can utilize such tools to fulfill each other's social and sexual needs. Although GSN app use can enhance relationships and sex among partnered MSM, unclear communication about app use may contribute to negative relationship outcomes and could prevent partners from having sexual needs met.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, one study showed that 70 % of heterosexual participants in married or cohabitating partnerships reported that smartphone and cell phone use interfered with relationship activities and time with romantic partners (McDaniel & Coyne, 2014). Online and mobile technologies can increase distance within a couple by making interactions less personal or intimate, spur feelings of jealousy and trust issues within relationships (Hertlein & Ancheta, 2014), and facilitate controlling behaviors such as monitoring a partner's online activity (Rueda, Lindsay, & Williams, 2014). Moreover, conflicts between partners over the use of social media (e.g., using social media too often) have been related to increased relationship problems (Clayton, 2014).…”

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Geosocial Networking App Use Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Serious Romantic Relationships

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Geosocial networking (GSN) mobile phone applications (“apps”) are used frequently among men who have sex with men (MSM) to socialize and meet sexual partners. Though GSN apps are used by some MSM in partnered relationships, little is known about how the use of GSN apps among MSM in serious romantic relationships can influence couples' sexual and relationship health. MSM in serious relationships (N = 323; M age = 40 years) were recruited through a popular GSN app for MSM. Participants completed open-ended items regarding the costs and benefits of app use to their relationships, discussions of app use with their partners, and preferences for relationship education related to app use. Reported benefits of app use included improving sex and communication with one's primary partner and fulfilling unmet sexual needs. Although approximately half had not discussed app use with their partners, citing app use as a “non-issue,” many cited various drawbacks to app use, including jealousy and being a distraction from the relationship. Few described sexual health concerns as a drawback to meeting partners through apps. Regarding relationship education preferences, most wanted help with general communication skills and how to express one's sexual needs to a partner. Although GSN app use can enhance relationships and sex among partnered MSM, unclear communication about app use may contribute to negative relationship outcomes and could prevent partners from having sexual needs met. Relationship and sexual health education programs for male couples should consider addressing social media and technology use in their curricula.

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“…Therefore, the aim of this study is to address this need for additional research by exploring the different ways in which adolescents perceive social media as capable of eliciting feelings of jealousy, conflict and irritation, monitoring behaviors, as well as adolescents' responses to these feelings. Some exploratory studies have examined these issues (Lucero et al, 2014;Rueda et al, 2015;Van Ouytsel, Van Gool, et al, 2016). However, more information on the ways that technology use is linked with abusive behaviors within adolescent romantic relationships is warranted, to better assist relationship development (Baker & Carreño, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Adolescents’ perceptions of digital media’s potential to elicit jealousy, conflict and monitoring behaviors within romantic relationships

Ouytsel¹,

Walrave²,

Ponnet³

et al. 2019

Cyberpsychology

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Adolescents' perceptions of digital media's potential to elicit jealousy, conflict and monitoring behaviors within romantic relationships. AbstractUnderstanding the role of digital media in adolescents' romantic relationships is essential to the prevention of digital dating violence. This study focuses on adolescents' perceptions of the impact of digital media on jealousy, conflict, and control within their romantic relationships. Twelve focus group interviews were conducted, among 55 secondary school students (ngirls = 28; 51% girls) between the ages of 15 and 18 years (Mage = 16.60 years; SD age = 1.21), in the Dutch-speaking community of Belgium. The respondents identified several sources of jealousy within their romantic relationships, such as online pictures of the romantic partner with others and online messaging with others. Adolescents identified several ways in which romantic partners would react when experiencing feelings of jealousy, such as contacting the person they saw as a threat or looking up the other person's social media profiles. Along with feelings of jealousy, respondents described several monitoring behaviors, such as reading each other's e-mails or accessing each other's social media accounts. Adolescents also articulated several ways that they curated their social media to avoid conflict and jealousy within their romantic relationships. For instance, they adapted their social media behavior by avoiding the posting of certain pictures, or by ceasing to comment on certain content of others. The discussion section includes suggestions for future research and implications for practice, such as the need to incorporate information about e-safety into sexual and relational education and the need to have discussions with adolescents, about healthy boundaries for communication within their friendships and romantic relationships.

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“She Posted It on Facebook”

Cited by 56 publications

References 22 publications

The power and the pain of adolescents’ digital communication: Cyber victimization and the perils of lurking.

The power and the pain of adolescents’ digital communication: Cyber victimization and the perils of lurking.

Geosocial Networking App Use Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Serious Romantic Relationships

Adolescents’ perceptions of digital media’s potential to elicit jealousy, conflict and monitoring behaviors within romantic relationships

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