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Article: Predictors of relationship satisfaction in online romantic relationships.
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- Communication Studies
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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More people are becoming involved in computer-mediated romantic relationships. These individuals inhabit an interesting relational niche because they engage in relationships that are perceived by some scholars as either nontraditional or understudied (Emmers-Sommer, 2005). Given these atypical relational circumstances, such individuals might also lack information about online romantic relationships and social support networks from which to gain confirmation about their relationship.
Although there is an abundance of research on romantic relationships in general, there is still much to be learned about relationships that form in online settings. Theoretically, ...