Is It More Common to Persuade Others to Break Up Online? The Influence of Perceived Anonymity on Online Breakup Persuasion Attempts in Others' Romantic Conflict

IF 2.4 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2025-10-28 DOI:10.1002/ijop.70128

Hongyi Lin, Jin Xue, Yali Zhang

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Abstract

In five studies, integrating the Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects (SIDE) and the Constructivist Model of Wisdom, we examined the social phenomenon of ‘online breakup persuasion’ and explored its influencing factors and underlying mechanisms. In the pilot study (N = 22,093), to test whether this phenomenon exists, we analyzed the comment characteristics of posts with romantic issues by crawling online comment data. In Study 1 (N = 592), we examined the influence of perceived anonymity on online breakup persuasion, the mediating role of social distance, and wise reasoning. In Study 2, we further verified the results by manipulating perceived anonymity (study 2a; N = 228), social distance (study 2b; N = 259), and wise reasoning (study 2c; N = 251) respectively. Across the five studies, we found the phenomenon of ‘online breakup persuasion attempts’ is widespread, always accompanied by ridicule, sarcasm, and offensive expressions. The perceived anonymity positively predicted online breakup persuasion, and social distance and wise reasoning played a serial mediating role. However, in view of the limited research focus, future studies should further explore the influence of other factors such as the gender of the poster and the marital status of the advisor on breakup persuasion attempts.

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网上劝别人分手更常见吗？感知匿名对他人恋爱冲突中网络分手劝解尝试的影响。

通过整合去个性化效应社会认同模型（SIDE）和建构主义智慧模型（Constructivist Model of Wisdom）的五项研究，我们考察了“网络分手说服”这一社会现象，并探讨了其影响因素和机制。在试点研究（N = 22,093）中，为了检验这种现象是否存在，我们通过抓取在线评论数据来分析带有浪漫话题的帖子的评论特征。在研究1 （N = 592）中，我们考察了感知匿名对网络分手说服、社会距离和明智推理的中介作用的影响。在研究2中，我们分别通过操纵感知匿名性（研究2a， N = 228）、社会距离（研究2b， N = 259）和明智推理（研究2c， N = 251）进一步验证了结果。在这五项研究中，我们发现“网上劝说分手”的现象很普遍，总是伴随着嘲笑、讽刺和冒犯性的表达。感知匿名正向预测网络分手说服，而社交距离和理性推理在网络分手说服中起连续中介作用。但由于研究重点有限，未来的研究还需进一步探讨海报性别、顾问婚姻状况等其他因素对分手劝导尝试的影响。

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International Journal of Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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