Social Media’s Role in Romantic Partners’ Retroactive Jealousy: Social Comparison, Uncertainty, and Information Seeking

Social media often have a dark side in romantic relationships. Affordances such as persistence, association, and visibility can promote romantic jealousy and the salience of relationship threats, including ex-partners. Retroactive jealousy occurs when a person feels upset about their partner’s roman...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jessica R. Frampton, Jesse Fox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-09-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118800317