Phubbed and curious: The relation between partner phubbing and electronic partner surveillance

Schokkenbroek, Janneke M.; Hardyns, Wim; Ponnet, Koen

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2022.107425

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“…Scholars argue that both verbal and non-verbal variety of behaviors may boost one's perception that the partner understands and validates them (eye contact, proximity, etc., Argyle & Dean, 1965). Although PPR has been found to be predicted negatively by phubbing (Frackowiak et al, 2022;Schokkenbroek et al, 2022), we suggest that understanding and validation may prevent phubbing's negative impact on emotions during the interaction. Arguably, individuals may differ in how responsive they can be while using a mobile device while interacting with the partner.…”

Section: Perceived Partner Responsiveness: Understanding and Validationmentioning

confidence: 54%

“…The results ground perceived partner responsiveness as a main construct defining intimacy in a relationship (Reis et al, 2004), but also indicates that it is a relevant psychological mechanism that can buffer the negative perception of phubbing. Interestingly, phubbing has been found previously to affect perceived partner responsiveness negatively (Beukeboom & Pollmann, 2021;[blinded]; Schokkenbroek et al, 2022), but when a partner is perceived as understanding and validating even during the phubbing, it can counteract the negative emotional experiences.…”

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Impact of partner phubbing on negative emotions: a daily diary study of mitigating factors

2023

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Interactions between romantic partners may be disturbed by a co-present mobile phone use when a partner ignores their interaction partner in favor of a smartphone. This common practice, called phubbing, promotes social rejection and exclusion, hence the partner who gets phubbed may report negative emotional experiences. However, these experiences may be buffered by a cognitive perception mechanism, when the partner’s behavior is still perceived as responsive (i.e., understanding or validating). Thus, we hypothesize that feeling understood or validated moderate the link between phubbing intensity and negative emotions. To test our hypotheses, we conducted a daily diary study over seven days, using a sample of N = 133 participants living with their partner. Multilevel modeling was applied, to examine between- and within-person processes. The findings indicate that perception of the partner as understanding and validating, despite the co-present mobile phone use, reduces the negative emotional experiences during phubbing, and the interaction effects indicate nuances between phubbing and understanding and validation by partner, which extend our theoretical comprehension and distinguish between the two as separate relationship-related constructs. Our research provides a unique insight into how mechanisms related to couple interactions may reduce negative experiences, a finding that may be useful in future interventions and couples' therapy.

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Section: Perceived Partner Responsiveness: Understanding and Validationmentioning

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Impact of partner phubbing on negative emotions: a daily diary study of mitigating factors

2023

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“…Research has shown that the connection between romantic relationship satisfaction and phubbing gains significance when influenced or moderated by variables such as family patterns 29 . Moreover, it has been observed that individuals may resort to phubbing their partners in response to heightened anxiety stress and FoMO 7 , aiming to alleviate negative emotions 40 , 41 .…”

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Exploring the personality and relationship factors that mediate the connection between differentiation of self and phubbing

Peleg,

Boniel-Nissim

2024

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One of the family patterns crucial for mental and physical well-being is differentiation of self. In this study, our aim was to investigate its impact on the phenomenon of phubbing—where individuals prioritize smartphones over in-person interactions. The prevalence of phubbing behavior has risen substantially in tandem with the increased adoption of smartphones. The study investigated familial, interpersonal, and personal factors that could potentially contribute to the escalation of phubbing behaviors. It was hypothesized that differentiation of self would be associated with phubbing through the mediation of fear of missing out, romantic relationship satisfaction, and loneliness in intimate relationships. We also expected gender differences in the study variables. A sample of 431 young adults, with an average age of 29 (M = 29.05, SD = 9.14), completed the DSI-R, Phubbing, FoMO, ENRICH, and LIRS questionnaires online. Results indicated that fear of missing out mediated the relationship between three dimensions of differentiation of self—emotional reactivity, emotional cutoff, and fusion with others—and phubbing behavior. However, the expected mediation by romantic relationship satisfaction and loneliness in intimate relationships did not reach significance, although these variables were found to be associated with differentiation of self. Women reported higher levels of phubbing behavior, emotional reactivity, and fusion with others, whereas men reported higher levels of I-position. We conclude that fear of missing out may serve as a catalyst, triggering anxiety in individuals, which in turn drives them to adopt phubbing as a coping mechanism. Moreover, individuals with lower levels of differentiation of self appear to be at increased risk of engaging in phubbing behaviors through the mediation of fear of missing out.

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“… Cyberbullying (i.e., being bullied online; e.g., Giumetti et al, 2022) Electronic partner surveillance (i.e., monitoring your partner online; e.g., Schokkenbroek et al, 2022) Fear of missing out (i.e., online observing that others have fun and feeling left out; e.g., Tandon et al, 2021) Phubbing (i.e., being ignored due to others' preoccupation online; e.g., Xu et al, 2022) Social media ostracism (e.g., Schneider et al, 2017)…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Electronic partner surveillance (i.e., monitoring your partner online; e.g., Schokkenbroek et al, 2022)…”

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Adolescents' mental health in the social‐media era: The role of offline and online need‐based experiences

Van de Casteele,

Flamant,

Ponnet

et al. 2023

Journal of Adolescence

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IntroductionDebate about the precise role of social media use (SMU) in the mental health of today's adolescents is still ongoing. The present study adds to the literature by focusing on adolescents' experiences during SMU and in their offline activities through the lens of basic psychological needs, which are central to self‐determination theory.MethodsTo examine the joint and supplementary effects of need‐experiences in the offline and SMU domain (i.e., SMU satisfaction, offline satisfaction, SMU frustration, offline frustration) on several indicators of adolescents' mental health (i.e., vitality, life satisfaction, sleep quality, anxiety, and depression), polynomial regression analyses were used. Three cross‐sectional samples were collected in Belgium, including early to mid‐adolescents during the COVID‐pandemic (Sample 1; N = 447; Mage = 14.26; 54.4% female) as well as postpandemic (Sample 2; N = 179, Mage = 15.25; 54.2% female), and among college students in postpandemic times (Sample 3; N = 4977; Mage = 20.72; 69.1% female).ResultsThe results showed that need‐experiences common to both domains were a robust factor associated with mental health. This finding was obtained across all samples and outcomes, with need satisfaction playing a beneficial and need frustration a harmful role. We further found that offline need‐experiences serve as a more crucial predictor of adolescents' mental health than need experiences on social media.ConclusionsAdolescents' experiences of need satisfaction and need frustration on social media and in offline activities are central to their mental health. However, only relying on SMU as a single source of need satisfaction may not be recommended, given that offline experiences seem to be more decisive.

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Phubbed and curious: The relation between partner phubbing and electronic partner surveillance

Cited by 13 publications

References 40 publications

Impact of partner phubbing on negative emotions: a daily diary study of mitigating factors

Impact of partner phubbing on negative emotions: a daily diary study of mitigating factors

Exploring the personality and relationship factors that mediate the connection between differentiation of self and phubbing

Adolescents' mental health in the social‐media era: The role of offline and online need‐based experiences

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