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The Contribution of Attachment and Social Media Practices to Relationship Development
Author(s) -
Sherrell Renee S.,
Lambie Glenn W.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/jcad.12204
Subject(s) - psychology , structural equation modeling , social media , quality (philosophy) , social psychology , attachment theory , developmental psychology , political science , mathematics , philosophy , statistics , epistemology , law
This study tested the hypothesized directional relationship that college students ( N = 717; 10.1% response rate to an online survey) who score higher on measures of insecure attachment and social media practices would have lower relationship development quality scores. Structural equation modeling results indicated that participants with greater insecure attachment had lower relationship development quality (large effect size), whereas individuals with greater social media practices had higher relationship development quality scores. Implications for counselors are presented.