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What is Autonomy-Connection

Chapter 28
Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
The tension between independence and attachment to relational partners.
Published in Chapter:
The Role of Mobile Phones in Romantic Relationships
Robert L. Duran (University of Hartford, USA), Aimee E. Miller-Ott (Illinois State University, USA), and Lynne Kelly (University of Hartford, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch028
Abstract
Mobile phones have become a ubiquitous presence in romantic relationships. They are playing an increasingly prevalent role in the initiation, maintenance, and dissolution of romantic relationships. They create issues related to autonomy and connection between romantic partners and have changed what it means to give a partner one's full attention. Additionally, scholars have developed several measurement scales to operationalize key concepts with regard to cell phones use in romantic relationships. This chapter presents the intellectual history and current knowledge pertaining to cell phone use in romantic relationships, discusses the various scales, and proposes directions for future research in this area.
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