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The Role of Adult Attachment Style in Online Social Network Affect, Cognition, and Behavior
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In the last decade, social network sites (SNS) have a major attendance in our everyday lives. Numerous studies have explored the antecedences and consequences of this novel phenomenon. The current study is yet another attempt in this direction. In this research we seek to explore the role of personality tendencies, namely the attachment system, in individuals' affect, cognitions, and behavior on what is presently considered as the most popular SNS - "Facebook". Over the years studies have continuously demonstrated that attachment theory is a relevant framework for understanding human behavior and has proven attachment tendencies to be significantly associated with quality of close relationships and daily social interactions. Since today virtual communication and social networks are capturing dominant aspects of social relationships, the linkage to attachment theory is evident. Hence, we approached 190 Israeli young adults, and asked them about their habits and daily routines on Facebook. We also measured their cognition and emotion concerning Facebook. Results show that attachment insecurity is associated with global orientations and emotions towards Facebook and that people develop attachment relationships with their Facebook network. We discuss the associations between attachment and virtual communication and its application for future theory and research.
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“Research indicates that individuals who are anxious about being alone and have a strong need for reassurance spend more time on Facebook (Oldmeadow et al. 2013;Rom and Alfasi 2014).”
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“Such individuals perceive Facebook as a safe haven (Rom and Alfasi 2014)”
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“a comfortable platform for seeking sense of belonging, and/or for articulating their opinions (Rom and Alfasi 2014).”
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“For example, when in doubt and in fear about a partner's commitment, individuals use reassurance seeking as a strategy to cope with their insecurities (Rom and Alfasi 2014).”
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“Those individuals who are characterized by a high attachment anxiety engage in social media use when they experience negative emotions.”
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“However, the attention-seeking is core part of the anxious attached individuals' hyper-activation strategy (Rom and Alfasi 2014).”
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“and can be perceived as a community to which they can belong (Rom and Alfasi 2014;Longua Peterson et al. 2017).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rom, E., & Alfasi, Y.
- Affiliations
- College of Management Academic Studies (IL)
- ORCID
- Alfasi, Yitshak
- Venue
- Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy Research
- Publisher
- Savvy Science Publisher
- Published
- 2014-02-05
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 24-34
- ISSN
- 2313-1047 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4313437488
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 2.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- adult attachment styles, insecure attachment, social network sites, Facebook, social networking sites, virtual communication, attachment relationships, young adults
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