The Dark Side of Social Media by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: 2019-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Relationship Dissolution

Relationship dissolution is a normal part of the relationship life cycle. According to Duck’s (1982) relational dissolution model, partners experience the demise of a relationship through five phases: intrapsychic, dyadic, social, grave dressing, and resurrection. The intrapsychic process focuses on the partner as an internal desire by one or both partners, which stems from an individualistic reflection about the state of the relationship. The dyadic process focuses on the relationship and transpires when the two partners discuss their problems. At this stage they can choose to dissolve, repair, or postpone the relationship. After termination, news of the breakup is communicated to outside parties in the social process. Grave dressing is the next step and focuses on tidying up the accounts representing explanations for past actions and events. Tong (2013) posited that Facebook breakup disclosures likely happen during the grave dressing phase. Lastly, the new version of the model (Rollie & Duck, 2006) discusses the resurrection process, which focuses on the potential lessons learned from the previous relationship. LeFebvre, Blackburn, and Brody (2015) applied the relationship dissolution model by examining how collegiate Facebook users enact behaviors in breakups to extend the model to online environments during and after breakups. Their sample consisted of 208 undergraduate students.

On average the relationships reported ended 10.92 months prior to the study. The average time as a Facebook user was 47.6 months, and the average time per day spent on Facebook was 116.09 minutes.

The results produced two categories of responses—during dissolution and after dissolution. The top three behaviors in the during dissolution category are as follows: (1) 22.7% relational cleansing (hid, delay, removed relationship status; updated status to “Single” or “It’s Complicated”; untagged or deleted wall postings and pictures/albums), (2) 22.6% minimal or no Facebook (no Facebook activity or limited Facebook activity), and (3) 10.2% surveillance (stalked and crept through their partner’s social network and mutual friends’ profiles). The same top three applied in the after dissolution category with respective percentages, (1) 20.4% relational cleansing, (2) 19.9% minimal or no Facebook impact (not affected by the breakup), and (3) 10.2% surveillance. The results also showed that participants appeared to reflect their psychological state in one of the four ways: (1) virtually mourning, (2) acknowledging with relational cleansing behaviors, (3) rumination through surveillance, and (4) distancing themselves through self-regulation. In addition, those who reported no Facebook-related behaviors in response to breakups indicated a higher level of postbreakup adjustment than those who utilized Facebook during and after breakups (LeFebvre et al., 2015).

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