Equity, relational maintenance, and linguistic features of text messaging
Equity predicted maintenance via texting for friends, but not romantic partners. Using the positivity strategy predicted satisfaction in both relationship types. Openness was inversely related to satisfaction in romantic relationships. Use of negative emotion words was negatively associated with satisfaction. Inequity of a relationship positively predicted the use of anxiety words.
relational maintenance text messaging mobile communication computer-mediated communication equity theory automated linguistic analysis