Fox Jesse, Tokunaga Robert S
1 School of Communication, The Ohio State University , Columbus, Ohio.
2 Department of Communicology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa , Honolulu, Hawaii.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2015 Sep;18(9):491-8. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0123.
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. 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.
浪漫关系的解体可能会带来压力，而社交网站使得在网上和网下与浪漫伴侣分开都变得困难。一项在线调查（N = 431）测试了一个模型，该模型综合了依恋、投资模型变量以及分手后的情感困扰，作为分手后在脸书上对前任伴侣进行人际监视（即“脸书跟踪”）的预测因素。结果表明，焦虑型依恋既预测了关系投资，也预测了寻求关系替代；回避型依恋与投资呈负相关，但与寻求替代呈正相关。投资预测了承诺，而寻求替代与承诺呈负相关。承诺预测了分手后的情感困扰。困扰预测了分手后立即对伴侣的监视，特别是对于那些没有提出分手的人，以及当前对伴侣的监视。鉴于其特性，社交媒体被认为是关系终止后在线监视的潜在不健康促成因素。
