Facebook makes it harder for broken hearts to heal
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Before the age of internet, a relationship ended with
complete sundering of ties as both partners moved on. But Facebook with
900 million users is now playing spoilsport, making it much harder for
broken hearts to heal post-split, as people try to connect with their
exes on the social site, suggests a new study.
Tara Marshall, from Brunel University in London, suggests there is a lot of additional heartbreak in store for the third of us who keep an eye on the ex or ‘Facebook-stalking’ as some may call it.
Marshall asked 464 participants to evaluate their social network site usage, and estimated up to a third use it to check on the activities of former romantic partners, a news site reports.
The study asked about each user’s emotional recovery and personal adjustment following the break-up of a romantic relationship.
It evaluated parameters such as negative feelings, sexual desire and emotional longing for the ex-partner, and feelings of reduced personal growth as measures of distress and the ability to move forward with their lives.
Brenda Wiederhold, editor-in-chief of Cyberpsychology, Behaviour and Social Networking at the Interactive Media Institute in San Diego, said,“This study sees again virtual life mirroring real life. Just as real life contact with ex-partners may inhibit growth, healing, and well-being, so may virtual contact.”
While Marshall’s study suggests a third of people ‘stalk’ their exes, a study earlier this year by Veronika Lukacs at the University of Western Ontario suggested up to 90 percent of new singles would follow their ex on the site.
Tara Marshall, from Brunel University in London, suggests there is a lot of additional heartbreak in store for the third of us who keep an eye on the ex or ‘Facebook-stalking’ as some may call it.
Marshall asked 464 participants to evaluate their social network site usage, and estimated up to a third use it to check on the activities of former romantic partners, a news site reports.
The study asked about each user’s emotional recovery and personal adjustment following the break-up of a romantic relationship.
It evaluated parameters such as negative feelings, sexual desire and emotional longing for the ex-partner, and feelings of reduced personal growth as measures of distress and the ability to move forward with their lives.
Brenda Wiederhold, editor-in-chief of Cyberpsychology, Behaviour and Social Networking at the Interactive Media Institute in San Diego, said,“This study sees again virtual life mirroring real life. Just as real life contact with ex-partners may inhibit growth, healing, and well-being, so may virtual contact.”
While Marshall’s study suggests a third of people ‘stalk’ their exes, a study earlier this year by Veronika Lukacs at the University of Western Ontario suggested up to 90 percent of new singles would follow their ex on the site.
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