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- Title
Females suffer more from partner phubbing? The roles of romantic jealousy and relational aggression between partner phubbing and intimacy quality.
- Authors
Wang, Xingchao; Wang, Shiyin; Wang, Hengzhe; Dong, Wanghao
- Abstract
While an expanding corpus of empirical investigations has underscored the deleterious ramifications of partner phubbing on interpersonal communication and relationship quality, there remains a paucity of scholarly inquiry into its underlying internal mechanisms engendering such adverse outcomes. In light of this gap, based on cognitive appraisal theory, this study examined the effects of emotional factor (romantic jealousy) and behavioral factor (relational aggression) between young adults' partner phubbing and intimacy quality. A sample of 512 Chinese young adults who in love (202 males and 310 females, age range 19–25 accounts for 97.8%) were included in the study. Results indicated that, after controlling for relationship length, partner phubbing was significantly and negatively related to young adults' intimacy quality, and this relation was mediated by romantic jealousy and relational aggression. Moreover, the current study tested the role of sex by multi-group analysis. Results showed that females could suffer more from partner phubbing than males. Amidst the escalating prevalence of smartphones within romantic contexts, this pioneering study sets forth a novel proposition by establishing a crucial link between partner phubbing and the diminished intimacy quality experienced by young adults. Furthermore, the paper extensively deliberates on the theoretical underpinnings and practical ramifications of the obtained results.
- Subjects
JEALOUSY; RELATIONSHIP quality; INTIMACY (Psychology); YOUNG adults; AGGRESSION (Psychology); FEMALES
- Publication
Current Psychology, 2024, Vol 43, Issue 23, p20250
- ISSN
1046-1310
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12144-024-05826-8