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Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
2019. Vol. 27, no. 3, 61–76
https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2019270305
ISSN: 2075-3470 / 2311-9446 (online)

Phubbing as a Possible Threat to Close Relationships’ Welfare

 
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Abstract

The paper focuses on a new phenomenon of modern digital society — phubbing, that is, the manifestation of partner neglect through distraction to a gadget during real communication. The analysis of foreign psychological approaches to its research has been carried out: phubbing is understood as dependence on a mobile phone / Smartphone and social networks; as a result of Internet addiction and problems with self-control; as a new social norm. We present the results of an empirical study of phubbing in close relationships (N=46). Hypothesis: intimacy and attachment to a romantic partner as close relationships` qualitative characteristics increase the sensitivity to a partner`s phubbing. Methods: Partner phubbing (Roberts, David, 2016; Ekimchik, Kryukova, 2019); Multi-Item Measure of Adult Romantic Attachment (Brennan, Shaver, 1995; Ekimchik, Kryukova, 2009); Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale (Aron, Aron, Smollan, 1992; Ekimchik, Kryukova, Zakharchenko, 2018). Results: men more often than women estimate the partners` phubbing negatively. It is found that adult romantic attachment characteristics predict the level of partners` phubbing.

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Keywords: phubbing, close relationships, changes, threat, stress

Journal rubric: Empirical Researches

OpenAlex citations: 15

OpenAlex trends: Impact of Technology on Adolescents, Social and Behavioral Studies, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

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Number of citations: 15

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Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2019270305

Acknowledgements. The study is financially supported of the by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project 18-013-01005). The authors are grateful to the students and undergraduates of Kostroma State University.

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For citation: Kryukova, T.L., Ekimchik, O.A. (2019). Phubbing as a Possible Threat to Close Relationships’ Welfare. Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy, 27(3), 61–76. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2019270305

© Kryukova T.L., Ekimchik O.A., 2019

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Tatiana L. Kryukova, Doctor of Psychology, Professor of the Department of General and Social Psychology, Kostroma State University, Kostroma, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0825-3232, e-mail: tat.krukova44@gmail.com

Olga A. Ekimchik, Doctor of Psychology, Assistant Professor of the Department of General and Social Psychology, Kostroma State University, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6527-0210, e-mail: olga-ekimchik@rambler.ru

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