6 Reasons Why People Ghost You
Channel: Psych2Go
Date: 2020-07-27

Have you ever heard of the term “ghosting,”? If so, are you familiar with what it is? Ghosting is when someone suddenly ceases all contact with another, often ignoring their attempts to reach out without any explanation. Whether you are ghosting someone or ghosting people, or the one being ghosted, can leave both parties in a lot of pain. If you're looking for answers or comfort to why someone might have ghosted you or why you might have ghosted someone (whether intentionally or not), hopefully, this video can give some answers. 

Also, we did a video previously in why modern relationships are so fragile if you're interested as well: https://youtu.be/Md0CkFtAOb8

Writer: Chloe Avenasa 
Script Editor: Riley Lin 
Script Manager: Kelly Soong 
VO: Amanda Silvera 
Animator: Anthony Plantyn 
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong 

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LeFebvre, L. (2017). Ghosting as a relationship dissolution strategy in the technological age. The impact of social media in modern romantic relationships, 219-235.

LeFebvre, L. E., Allen, M., Rasner, R. D., Garstad, S., Wilms, A., & Parrish, C. (2019). Ghosting in emerging adults’ romantic relationships: The digital dissolution disappearance strategy. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 39(2), 125-150.

Freedman, G., Powell, D. N., Lee, B., & Williams, K. D. (2019). Ghosting and destiny: Implicit theories of relationships predict beliefs about ghosting. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(3), 905-924.

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