Partner Phubbing'ı ve ilişki doyumu arasındaki bağlantıda bağlanma davranışının aracı etkisi

As digital technologies have become an indispensable part of our everyday life and the consequences of excessive mobile phone usage have begun to be noticed, a relatively new phenomenon called phubbing (the word derived from two words "phone" and "snubbing") has attracted great attention from researchers. In this respect, the purpose of the current study was to investigate the negative impacts of perceived partner phubbing (PPP) on relationship satisfaction. It aimed to bring the concept of attachment behavior as a protective factor by analyzing its mediating role in this relationship. Four research questions have been addressed in this study to investigate the relationship among the major study variables and the mediating role of attachment behavior on the link between PPP and relationship satisfaction. There were 396 participants who were recruited from Turkey, among adults who were older than 18 years old to be able to assess adult romantic relationships. The inclusion criteria were that the participants needed to own a smartphone, were not married or cohabiting, and were currently in a romantic relationship at least for 6 months. The results showed that the major study variables which were PPP, attachment behavior, and relationship satisfaction all significantly correlated with each other. In addition, attachment behavior partially mediated the link between PPP and relationship satisfaction. The findings of the study, strengths, limitations, clinical implications, and future directions were discussed considering the existing literature.