Taken together, we have delineated pathways through which excessive social media use may detrimentally affect both relationship and personal well-being and identified sacrifice as a possible psychological factor to mitigate the detrimental effects. In contrast, tendency to make sacrifice for the relationship partner in everyday life produced a positive effect on relationship satisfaction, which in turn reduced the likelihood of conflicts, negative outcomes, and addiction. The sequential effects of reduced relationship satisfaction and increased conflicts then triggered addictive use of IG. Using a structural equation modeling approach, we found that increased IG usage reduced relationship satisfaction, which led to an increase in both conflicts and negative outcomes. Here, we explored these issues by selecting Instagram (IG) as the target platform because the unique feature of tracking objective time of usage within the IG app allowed us to more accurately determine the length of IG usage.
However, it remains unclear (1) how the increased use of social media may lead to negative consequences of relationship quality (2) how the increased use of social media and negative relationship consequences together may trigger social media addiction and (3) whether there are psychological factors that may contribute to the mitigation of the negative consequences. Mounting evidence suggests that social media use may have an adverse impact on relationship dynamics, largely due to reduced time and attention for relationship partners. While social media allows one to foster relationships with ease, it may pose challenges for individuals in a romantic relationship. Social media provides a useful platform for people to share information, develop networks, and connect with each other online. In addition, literature on adolescent dating relationships emphasizes the problematic aspects and negative outcomes of teens intimate relationships (Manning et.
Social Media and Romantic Relationship: Excessive Social Media Use Leads to Relationship Conflicts, Negative Outcomes, and Addiction via Mediated Pathways Social Media and Romantic Relationship: Excessive Social Media Use Leads to Relationship.īouffard, Skye Giglio, Deanna Zheng, Zane
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