Adolescent Romantic Relationship–Oriented Facebook Behaviors: Implications for Self-Esteem

Langlais, Michael R.; Seidman, Gwendolyn; Bruxvoort, Kyla M.

doi:10.1177/0044118x18760647

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“…Although Facebook is used less often than other social media sites (Anderson & Jiang, ), some adolescents report using this popular site as a means of monitoring others in which they are romantically attracted (i.e., a crush), but such monitoring was associated with reduced feelings of self‐esteem. For those in romantic relationships, Facebook served as a means to publicly share that they were in a relationship (i.e., being Facebook official; Langlais, Gwendolyn, & Bruxvoort, ).…”

Section: Romantic Relationships and Sexual Activity In Adolescence Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Decade Review of Sex and Partnering in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Olmstead

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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The formation and development of romantic relationships continues to be an important area of study among adolescent and young adult populations. Although many adolescents and young adults report having committed romantic relationship experiences, which may or may not include sexual activity, research has grown during the past decade to study a variety of sexual experiences and relationship types. Consistent with identity formation and exploration and the opportunity for experimentation, adolescents and young adults also engage in a variety of casual sexual relationships and experiences. The past decade saw a dramatic growth in the study of casual sex and in particular hooking‐up experiences. Furthermore, scholars have begun to examine more fully young adults' attitudes toward and willingness to engage in consensually nonmonogamous relationships; however, little research has examined actual involvement in consensually nonmonogamous relationships among those in young adulthood. As with previous decade reviews, ongoing attention regarding how adolescent experiences serve to inform relationships and sex during the period of young adulthood is warranted. Directions for future research are identified and discussed.

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Section: Romantic Relationships and Sexual Activity In Adolescence Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Decade Review of Sex and Partnering in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Olmstead

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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“…For example, some studies show that students used Facebook to a low extent (Gordon et al, 2023;Palazon et al, 2015;Taipe et al, 2023). In contrast, others have shown that students' use of Facebook was high (Ilakkuvan et al, 2019), especially for viewing sexual content (Langlais et al, 2020;Stănculescu & Griffiths, 2021;Owan et al, 2020), narcissism, self-identity and empowerment (Gulatee et al, 2021), and other non-educational purposes (Zagidullin et al, 2021). Since the results of previous studies tend to show high use of Facebook for noneducational purposes, the first hypothesis of this study was developed.…”

Section: Facebook Use Among Higher Education Studentsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Predicting users’ behavior: Gender and age as interactive antecedents of students’ Facebook use for research data collection

Petters,

Owan,

Okpa

et al. 2024

ONLINE J COMMUN MEDIA TECHNOL

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Previous studies have extensively examined how teachers and students utilize Facebook for instructional engagement, writing, research dissemination, and e-learning. However, there is a lack of research focusing on Facebook as a tool for collecting research data. This study aims to fill this gap by analyzing how final-year students utilize Facebook for research data collection (RDC). The study also assesses demographic differences in students’ use of Facebook for RDC. An online survey was conducted on a sample of 11,562 final-year students from tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The researchers followed global best practices in designing and validating the online survey. The survey items demonstrated clarity and relevance, with item content validity indices ranging from .71 to .99. Dimensionality and goodness of fit were assessed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Convergent validity was evaluated using average variance extracted, while discriminant validity was assessed using the Fornel-Larcker criterion and Heterotrait-Monotrait ratio. The composite reliability indices (.97, .94, and .90) confirmed the usability of the instrument’s three sub-scales. The study’s main findings revealed a significantly low usage of Facebook for RDC among students. Age was a significant predictor, indicating that older students used Facebook more for RDC. While males reported higher usage, the gender difference was negligible. The interaction of age and gender was significant in predicting students’ use of Facebook for RDC. These results have implications for future research, which are further discussed.

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“…Among adolescents, it has been found that romantic-partner monitoring on Facebook is significantly related to lower self-esteem of the perpetrator (Langlais, Seidman, & Bruxvoort, 2018). Moreover, it has been found that attachment anxiety is significantly related to engagement in monitoring behaviors among high school youth (Reed et al, 2016).…”

Section: Online Monitoring and Social Media Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescents’ perceptions of digital media’s potential to elicit jealousy, conflict and monitoring behaviors within romantic relationships

Ouytsel¹,

Walrave²,

Ponnet³

et al. 2019

Cyberpsychology

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Adolescents' perceptions of digital media's potential to elicit jealousy, conflict and monitoring behaviors within romantic relationships. AbstractUnderstanding the role of digital media in adolescents' romantic relationships is essential to the prevention of digital dating violence. This study focuses on adolescents' perceptions of the impact of digital media on jealousy, conflict, and control within their romantic relationships. Twelve focus group interviews were conducted, among 55 secondary school students (ngirls = 28; 51% girls) between the ages of 15 and 18 years (Mage = 16.60 years; SD age = 1.21), in the Dutch-speaking community of Belgium. The respondents identified several sources of jealousy within their romantic relationships, such as online pictures of the romantic partner with others and online messaging with others. Adolescents identified several ways in which romantic partners would react when experiencing feelings of jealousy, such as contacting the person they saw as a threat or looking up the other person's social media profiles. Along with feelings of jealousy, respondents described several monitoring behaviors, such as reading each other's e-mails or accessing each other's social media accounts. Adolescents also articulated several ways that they curated their social media to avoid conflict and jealousy within their romantic relationships. For instance, they adapted their social media behavior by avoiding the posting of certain pictures, or by ceasing to comment on certain content of others. The discussion section includes suggestions for future research and implications for practice, such as the need to incorporate information about e-safety into sexual and relational education and the need to have discussions with adolescents, about healthy boundaries for communication within their friendships and romantic relationships.

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Adolescent Romantic Relationship–Oriented Facebook Behaviors: Implications for Self-Esteem

Cited by 11 publications

References 35 publications

A Decade Review of Sex and Partnering in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

A Decade Review of Sex and Partnering in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Predicting users’ behavior: Gender and age as interactive antecedents of students’ Facebook use for research data collection

Adolescents’ perceptions of digital media’s potential to elicit jealousy, conflict and monitoring behaviors within romantic relationships

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