Couple of weeks ago I came across a study
that tells a lot about almost all Twitter lovers and users. Well, the study have been carried out and here's the outcome.
Read on...
Frequent Twitter
Users Are More Likely to Cheat on Their Spouses, Get Divorced: Study
A new study found that frequent Twitter users are more
prone to infidelity, breakups, and divorce.
The project,
conducted by University of Missouri School of Journalism doctorate student Russell
Clayton, surveyed 581 Twitter users who ranged in age from 18 to 67.
Clayton asked participants specific questions about how often they log in,
tweet, scroll through their feed, send direct messages, and reply to followers.
He also asked questions about how much, if any, conflict occurred between the
tweeter and his or her partner because of use of the social network.
Ultimately,
Clayton found that active Twitter users are far more likely to experience
Twitter-related conflict with their romantic partners. His findings mirror a
study he co-wrote last year, which found that frequent
Facebookers experienced the same problem. He says that, although
relationships have always suffered from one partner’s distractions or
obsessions, social media plays a special role in these situations.
“I think
this is unique,” Clayton told Yahoo Tech. “Because the questions I asked about
Facebook- or Twitter-related conflict were specifically: Are you reconnecting
with former partners on Facebook or Twitter? Has Facebook or Twitter use led to
a verbal dispute or argument between you and your current or former partner?”
Clayton was
first inspired to research the effects of social media on relationships while
he was sitting in on counseling sessions for his master’s in health psychology.
“I
experienced a couple arguing about Facebook use and that being problematic in
their relationship,” he said. “So I decided to test that and see if that was
happening among the general population. And it was, and so is Twitter.”
Comparing
his two studies, Clayton was surprised to find that the length of time a couple
had been together did not affect whether they would be negatively affected by
one partner’s Twitter activity.
Facebook
may not pose any kind of threat for someone celebrating their 50th
anniversary,” he told Yahoo Tech. “But for Twitter, it didn’t matter if you had
just gotten in a relationship or if you’d been married for several
years — people were still experiencing conflict with their partner
and that was leading to these unfortunate negative outcomes.”
Well, the study have been carried out and speculations have been drawn; but you have the power to make the choice of taking the responsibility to proof the study ABSOLUTELY WRONG by being faithful to you partner.
Stay Lifted!
