The Contribution of Attachment and Social Media Practices to Relationship Development |
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| Authors: | Renee S. Sherrell Glenn W. Lambie |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Counseling and Applied Behavioral StudiesUniversity of St. Joseph;2. Department of Education and Human SciencesUniversity of Central Florida |
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| Abstract: | This study tested the hypothesized directional relationship that college students (N = 717; 10.1% response rate to an online survey) who score higher on measures of insecure attachment and social media practices would have lower relationship development quality scores. Structural equation modeling results indicated that participants with greater insecure attachment had lower relationship development quality (large effect size), whereas individuals with greater social media practices had higher relationship development quality scores. Implications for counselors are presented. |
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| Keywords: | attachment styles college students relationship development social media structural equation modeling |
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