Elevated romantic love and jealousy if relationship status is declared on Facebook

Frontiers in Psychology

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Gábor eOrosz²  Christine eRoland-Levy³  Peter eFarkas⁴  Gergő Zoltán Kiss⁴  Adam eSzekeres⁴ 

[1] Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Psychology;

[2] Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology;

[3] University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne;

[4] University of Szeged;

关键词: facebook;    Jealousy;    romantic love;    Social network;    Relationship status;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00214

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Declared relationship status on Facebook can serve as a public commitment and as an extra layer of a couple’s security.However, the question arises: do those who report the relationship status feel stronger romantic love and jealousy towards their partners than those who do not share such information publicly? To test this assumption, profile information and questionnaire data of romantic love and jealousy were gathered from 292 (230 females) respondents that were in a relationship. Our results suggest that announcing the relationship status is associated with elevated romantic love and jealousy. Therefore, being Facebook official can be interpreted as a tie-sign indicating that the couple is out of the market, and can promote their unity as a digital wedding ring.

【 授权许可】

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