TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Romantic partner monitoring after breakups: attachment, dependence, distress, and post-dissolution online surveillance via social networking sites
JO  - Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking
A1  - Fox, Jesse
A1  - Tokunaga, Robert S.
SP  - 491
EP  - 498
VL  - 18
IS  - 9
N2  - Romantic relationship dissolution can be stressful, and social networking sites make it difficult to separate from a romantic partner online as well as offline. An online survey (N = 431) tested a model synthesizing attachment, investment model variables, and post-dissolution emotional distress as predictors of interpersonal surveillance (i.e., "Facebook stalking") of one's ex-partner on Facebook after a breakup. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that anxious attachment predicted relational investment but also seeking relationship alternatives; avoidant attachment was negatively related to investment but positively related to seeking alternatives. Investment predicted commitment, whereas seeking alternatives was negatively related to commitment. Commitment predicted emotional distress after the breakup. Distress predicted partner monitoring immediately following the breakup, particularly for those who did not initiate the breakup, as well as current partner monitoring. Given their affordances, social media are discussed as potentially unhealthy enablers for online surveillance after relationship termination.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2152-2715
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2015.0123
ID  - ref1
ER  -