The Necessity of Couple Education regarding the Impact of Online Infidelity on Romantic Relationships
The Necessity of Couple Education regarding the Impact of Online Infidelity on Romantic Relationships
Author(s): Gianina Mălina Lăzărescu, Mona VintilăSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Sociology, Personality Psychology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: online infidelity; technology interference in daily life; time spent online; couple education; healthy relationships;
Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this study was to investigate behavioral and emotional cues that could predict engaging in unfaithful behaviour online. Starting from the use and gratification theory, this study shows how people satisfy certain personal needs which are not fulfilled in their romantic relationships using social networks. A number of 250 participants, (N = 250) completed the SONTUS scale of time spent on social networks, the TILES scale, which reports the interference of technology in everyday life, and the SMIRB scale for online infidelity. Time spent on social networks and the interference of technology in everyday life predict infidelity in the online environment. It is necessary to educate couples on this subject.
Journal: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series VII: Social Sciences and Law
- Issue Year: 14/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 307-316
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English