Open AccessTHE NECESSITY OF COUPLE EDUCATION REGARDING THE IMPACT OF ONLINE INFIDELITY ON ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
Author(s) -
Gianina LĂZĂRESCU,
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Mona Vintilă,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bulletin of the "transilvania" university of braşov. series vii, social sciences and law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2066-771X
pISSN - 2066-7701
DOI - 10.31926/but.ssl.2021.14.63.2.13
Subject(s) - gratification , psychology , romance , everyday life , scale (ratio) , social psychology , psychoanalysis , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law
The main objective of this study was to investigate behavioural and emotional cues that could predict engaging in unfaithful behaviour online. Starting from the use and gratification theory, this study shows how people satisfy certain personal needs which are not fulfilled in their romantic relationships using social networks. A number of 250 participants, (N = 250) completed the SONTUS scale of time spent on social networks, the TILES scale, which reports the interference of technology in everyday life, and the SMIRB scale for online infidelity. Time spent on social networks and the interference of technology in everyday life predict infidelity in the online environment. It is necessary to educate couples on this subject.