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Sun News : 88% say they’ve creeped an ex’s Facebook page, study finds
LONDON, Ont. - Your heart is broken after a break-up, so what do you do?
Chances are you'll start creeping your ex-partner on Facebook, new Western University research shows.
Then you'll move on to creeping his new partner - or who you suspect is his new partner.
You'll probably also re-read and analyze your previous Facebook messages and wall posts and maybe delete pictures of the two of you together in happier times.
"I wanted to see how break-up distress is related to Facebook use," said Veronika Lukacs, who next week will defend her Masters thesis, called, It's Complicated: Romantic breakups and their aftermath on Facebook.
"What I found was that whether you were on Facebook all the time or not, your distress level changed based on how much surveillance you were doing (post break-up)."
Lukacs' research surveyed people who'd broken up with an boyfriend or girlfriend in the past 12 months.
Subjects filled out a survey about their breakup experiences. Lukacs also conducted interviews about the subject.
Her hypothesis that Facebook increased post-breakup distress proved true, often because of so-called "creeping" - checking out an ex-partners profile to check up on what they were doing.
Lukacs found that 88% of respondents creeped their ex's page, and 80% looked up their ex's new partner or suspected new partner.
LONDON, Ont. - Your heart is broken after a break-up, so what do you do?
Chances are you'll start creeping your ex-partner on Facebook, new Western University research shows.
Then you'll move on to creeping his new partner - or who you suspect is his new partner.
You'll probably also re-read and analyze your previous Facebook messages and wall posts and maybe delete pictures of the two of you together in happier times.
"I wanted to see how break-up distress is related to Facebook use," said Veronika Lukacs, who next week will defend her Masters thesis, called, It's Complicated: Romantic breakups and their aftermath on Facebook.
"What I found was that whether you were on Facebook all the time or not, your distress level changed based on how much surveillance you were doing (post break-up)."
Lukacs' research surveyed people who'd broken up with an boyfriend or girlfriend in the past 12 months.
Subjects filled out a survey about their breakup experiences. Lukacs also conducted interviews about the subject.
Her hypothesis that Facebook increased post-breakup distress proved true, often because of so-called "creeping" - checking out an ex-partners profile to check up on what they were doing.
Lukacs found that 88% of respondents creeped their ex's page, and 80% looked up their ex's new partner or suspected new partner.
