Are You Going to Delete Me? Latent Profiles of Post-Relationship Breakup Social Media Use and Emotional Distress.

Authors

Brandon T. McDaniel PhD, Parkview Mirro Center for Research and InnovationFollow
Michelle Drouin, Parkview HealthFollow
Jayson Dibble
Adam M Galovan
Madison Merritt

Abstract

When a relationship ends, former partners must make decisions about their online, often public, connections and history, which involve a complex disentangling process. We examined post-breakup behaviors including monitoring, interacting, deleting posts/photos, deleting the former partner, deleting the partner's family/friends, stopping social media (SM) use, and keeping digital possessions. Participants (

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2021

Publication Title

Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw

First Page

464

Last Page

472

Recommended Citation

McDaniel, Brandon T. PhD; Drouin, Michelle; Dibble, Jayson; Galovan, Adam M; and Merritt, Madison, "Are You Going to Delete Me? Latent Profiles of Post-Relationship Breakup Social Media Use and Emotional Distress." (2021). Health Services and Informatics Research. 54.
https://researchrepository.parkviewhealth.org/informatics/54