The Contribution Of Attachment And Social Media Practices To Relationship Development

Keywords

attachment styles; college students; relationship development; social media; structural equation modeling

Abstract

This study tested the hypothesized directional relationship that college students (N = 717; 10.1% response rate to an online survey) who score higher on measures of insecure attachment and social media practices would have lower relationship development quality scores. Structural equation modeling results indicated that participants with greater insecure attachment had lower relationship development quality (large effect size), whereas individuals with greater social media practices had higher relationship development quality scores. Implications for counselors are presented.

Publication Date

7-1-2018

Publication Title

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volume

96

Issue

3

Number of Pages

303-315

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12204

Socpus ID

85048540018 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85048540018

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