Modern Love: You, Me, and Smartphone Makes Three
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-18-2020
Description
Romantic, dyadic relationships arise, in part, from communication, disclosure, and boundaries. Information communication technology (ICT), such as smartphones, has rapidly integrated into our personal lives and affected relationship initiation, maintenance, and dissolution. To this point, models attempting to account for this emerging dynamic center on past theories about relationships. However, counselors and researchers would benefit from understanding contemporary couple dynamics that reflect the ICT-mediated changes to coupling that occurred during the last decade. To address this need, researchers conducted a grounded theory study to explore relationship dynamics, mediated by ICT, based on stories and descriptions provided by 16 participants. Findings showed technology influenced relationships in four domains: access, intimacy, boundaries, and presence.
Citation Information
Garris, Bill R.. 2020. Modern Love: You, Me, and Smartphone Makes Three. Marriage and Family Review. Vol.56(4). 343-368. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2020.1712574 ISSN: 0149-4929