Information-communication technology (ICT) in our lives

ǂthe ǂinterplay of ICT and romantic relationships

Milan Pagon (Author), Uroš Bizjak (Author)

Abstract

Relationships among different aspects of romantic relationship quality, the usage of information and communication technologies (ICT), characteristics of a relationship, demographics, and personality were examined on a sample of 407 students in the Republic of Slovenia. The findings suggest that the most important factor in determining the quality of a romantic relationship is companionship (joint activities of a romantic couple). Romantic couples who generally spent more time in joint activities also spent more time using ICT in maintaining their romantic relationship. The usage of ICT in a romantic relationship itself does not influence the quality of that relationship. The general usage of ICT, however, deteriorates the quality of the romantic relationship. Once we take into account the impact of companionship, personality variables do not provide any unique contributions to romantic relationship quality.

Keywords

informacijska tehnologija;komunikacijska tehnologija;družbeno vedenje;medosebni odnosi;medosebne komunikacije;komunikacijska sredstva;

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Language:	Slovenian
Year of publishing:	2009
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM FOV - Faculty of Organizational Sciences
Publisher:	Moderna organizacija
UDC:	316.772.4:004
COBISS:	248071680
ISSN:	1318-5454
Parent publication:	Organizacija
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Informacijsko-komunikacijska tehnologija (IKT) v našem življenju: povezanost IKT in romantičnih odnosov
Secondary abstract:	Prispevek predstavi ugotovitve raziskave o povezanosti med različnimi vidiki kakovosti romantičnih odnosov, uporabo IKT, značilnostmi odnosa, demografskimi spremenljivkami in osebnostnimi dejavniki, ki je bila opravljena na vzorcu 407 slovenskih študentov. Rezultati kažejo, da je s kvaliteto romantičnega odnosa najtesneje povezano prav druženje (skupne aktivnosti romantičnega para). Pari, ki v splošnem porabijo več časa za skupne aktivnosti, namenijo več časa tudi uporabi IKT za ohranjanje svojih romantičnih odnosov. Sama uporaba IKT v romantičnem odnosu ni povezana s kakovostjo tega odnosa. Uporaba IKT na splošno (torej izven romantičnega odnosa) pa je negativno povezana s kakovostjo obravnavanega odnosa. Po tem, ko upoštevamo učinek druženja, osebnostni dejavniki ne prispevajo statistično pomembnega deleža k pojasnjeni varianci v kakovosti romantičnega odnosa.
Secondary keywords:	information-communication technology;romantic relationships;interpersonal relationships;personality;
URN:	URN:NBN:SI
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	str. 105-118
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ42
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ4
Chronology:	jul.-avg. 2009
DOI:	10.2478/v10051-009-0008-z
ID:	10883864