ILY & can U pick up some milk: Effects of relational maintenance via text messaging on relational satisfaction and closeness in dating partners

• Bree McEwan ^[1] ; Dakota Horn ^[2]
  1. [1] DePaul University

     DePaul University

     City of Chicago, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Illinois State University

     Illinois State University

     Township of Normal, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 81, nº 3, 2016, págs. 168-181
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • Romantic partners use texting to send a variety of messages including relational maintenance messages. Three hundred forty-one individuals in dating relationships completed a questionnaire about texted relational maintenance messages, relational variables, relational texting frequency, and their proclivity for texting romantic partners. Four maintenance strate- gies — positivity, assurances, sharing tasks , and network — were significantly related to relational satisfaction and closeness. Romantic texting proclivity contributed positively to relational satisfaction and closeness through main- tenance but contributed negatively to satisfaction and closeness after con- trolling for the effects of texted maintenance.