Facebook Cyberinfidelity and the Online Disinhibition Effect: The Phenomenon of Unconscious Marital Detachment and Extramarital Attachment
Some marriage relationships today are facing new threats associated with cyberinfidelity. Consequences of extramarital interpersonal relationships developing between married men and married women with individuals of the opposite sex through social media tests the sacredness perceived as foundational...
| Published in: | Journal of psychology and christianity |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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Journal of psychology and christianity
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Facebook
/ Spouse
/ Enthemmung
/ Embezzlement
/ Detachment
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| IxTheo Classification: | NCF Sexual ethics RG Pastoral care RH Evangelization; Christian media |
| Further subjects: | B
MARRIED men
B Social media B Adultery B Married women B Gender B Interpersonal Relations |
| Summary: | Some marriage relationships today are facing new threats associated with cyberinfidelity. Consequences of extramarital interpersonal relationships developing between married men and married women with individuals of the opposite sex through social media tests the sacredness perceived as foundational to marriage relationships. This article analyzes and interprets a previous research finding that emotional and/or sexual communication through Facebook between married men and married women with individuals of the opposite sex often incurs a steady, unconscious emotional detachment by the instigating spouse from the victim spouse while unconsciously emotionally attaching to the extramarital partner. This pattern is analyzed using characteristics of The Online Disinhibition Effect (ODE)-solipsistic introjection, dissociative imagination, and dissociative anonymity. Findings support that when confronted about their emotional and/or sexual communication with the opposite sex on Facebook, married men and married women will deny the connection of their online behavior self with their day-to-day marriage self; that they unconsciously perceive that their mind has combined with the mind of the opposite sex they're communicating with, making them feel as though they are communicating privately with the self; and that they feel they can participate in this behavior on Facebook without experiencing any interpersonal and/or intrapersonal consequences. Implications for clinicians are provided. |
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| ISSN: | 0733-4273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and christianity
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