Relational dialectics and social networking sites: The role of Facebook in romantic relationship escalation, maintenance, conflict, and dissolution
Romantic relationships face many challenges on social networking sites. Facebooks affordances (connectivity and visibility) can create turmoil. Facebook promotes integration in couples, but makes independence difficult. Couples experience conflict over appropriate expression and privacy management. Social networking sites provide a unique context for relational dialectics.
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