Achieving #Relationshipgoals: Exploring the Associations Between Exposure to Positively-Biased Portrayals of Romantic Relationships and Young Adults’ Romantic Outcomes

IF 2.7 2区社会学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI:10.1177/08944393251366234

Ines Boeckxstaens, Janneke M. Schokkenbroek, Maxine Noë, Lara Schreurs

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Abstract

While social media’s positivity bias has been linked to various well-being implications, little is known about how it relates to young adults’ romantic cognitions and outcomes. This study explores the associations between perceived exposure to positively-biased romantic social media content and relationship satisfaction, as well as fear of being single (FOBS). A cross-sectional survey ( N = 605) was administered and a separate model was tested for young adults in a committed relationship for the outcome relationship satisfaction and for single young adults for the outcome FOBS, by using Structural Equation Modeling. Both models considered romantic partner expectations as a mediator and tested gender and social comparison orientation (SCO) as moderators. Perceived exposure to positively-biased portrayals was negatively associated with relationship satisfaction. There was no link with FOBS. For young adults in a committed relationship, higher partner expectations related positively to relationship satisfaction but were not predicted by exposure to positively-biased portrayals. For singles, exposure to such content did predict higher partner expectations but this did not, in turn, relate to FOBS. Also no significant moderation effects were found for gender and SCO. Our findings highlight the nuanced ways in which the positivity bias can relate to romantic outcomes and underscore the value of authenticity on social media.

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实现#关系目标：探索接触积极偏见的浪漫关系描述与年轻人的浪漫结果之间的关系

虽然社交媒体的积极偏见与各种幸福感有关，但它与年轻人的浪漫认知和结果之间的关系却鲜为人知。本研究探讨了感知暴露于积极偏见的浪漫社交媒体内容与关系满意度以及对单身的恐惧之间的联系。我们进行了一项横断面调查（N = 605），并使用结构方程模型对处于承诺关系中的年轻人的结果关系满意度和单身年轻人的结果FOBS进行了单独的模型测试。两个模型都将恋人期望作为中介，并测试了性别和社会比较取向（SCO）作为调节因子。感知暴露于积极偏见的描述与关系满意度呈负相关。与FOBS没有联系。对于处于忠诚关系中的年轻人来说，更高的伴侣期望与关系满意度呈正相关，但与接触积极偏见的描述无关。对于单身人士来说，接触这类内容确实预示着对伴侣的期望更高，但这与FOBS无关。性别和SCO也没有显著的调节作用。我们的研究结果强调了积极偏见与浪漫结果之间的微妙关系，并强调了社交媒体真实性的价值。

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Social Science Computer Review 社会科学-计算机：跨学科应用

CiteScore

9.00

自引率

4.90%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Unique Scope Social Science Computer Review is an interdisciplinary journal covering social science instructional and research applications of computing, as well as societal impacts of informational technology. Topics included: artificial intelligence, business, computational social science theory, computer-assisted survey research, computer-based qualitative analysis, computer simulation, economic modeling, electronic modeling, electronic publishing, geographic information systems, instrumentation and research tools, public administration, social impacts of computing and telecommunications, software evaluation, world-wide web resources for social scientists. Interdisciplinary Nature Because the Uses and impacts of computing are interdisciplinary, so is Social Science Computer Review. The journal is of direct relevance to scholars and scientists in a wide variety of disciplines. In its pages you''ll find work in the following areas: sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, psychology, computer literacy, computer applications, and methodology.