Povezanost med uporabo socialnih omrežij, intimnostjo in zadovoljstvom v partnerskem odnosu : magistrsko delo

Šahtler, Veronika (author), Simonič, Barbara (mentor)

Magistrsko delo se posveča raziskovanju uporabe socialnih omrežij v povezavi z intimnostjo in zadovoljstvom v partnerskih odnosih. V teoretičnem delu so predstavljene značilnosti socialnih omrežij in statistika njihove uporabe, ki kaže na njihovo naraščajočo razširjenost ter njihovo vlogo v sodobnih partnerskih odnosih. Prav tako so teoretično predstavljeni različne oblike partnerske ljubezni; pomen navezanosti v odraslosti; vloga komunikacije in dinamika konflikta med partnerjema. V kontekstu intimnosti obravnavamo, kako se ta razvija skozi odraščanje in v partnerskem odnosu; predstavljeni so tudi različne oblike intime in strah pred njo. V empiričnem delu je bila izvedena kvantitativna raziskava, v katero so bili vključeni posamezniki, ki uporabljajo socialna omrežja in so v partnerski zvezi vsaj eno leto. Rezultati raziskave, v kateri je sodelovalo 260 udeležencev, so pokazali, da socialna omrežja uporablja 34 % udeležencev dnevno in kar 51 % večkrat dnevno. Opažena je bila statistično negativna povezanost med samoprikazovalno uporabo socialnih omrežij in oceno kakovostjo intime v partnerskem odnosu. Ugotovljeno je bilo tudi, da obstaja statistično pomembna negativna povezava med osnovno uporabo socialnih omrežij in trajanjem partnerske zveze – dlje kot traja partnerski odnos, nižjo stopnjo uporabe socialnih omrežij ima posameznik in obratno. Prav tako se je kot statistično značilen napovednik zadovoljstva v odnosu izkazal spol v kombinaciji s časom, preživetim na socialnih omrežjih. Rezultati so pokazali, da ne obstaja statistično pomembna povezava med interaktivno uporabo socialnih omrežij in zadovoljstvom v partnerskem odnosu, prav tako ni bilo ugotovljene povezave med časom, ki ga posameznik nameni socialnim omrežjem, ter zadovoljstvom v partnerskem odnosu. Ob tem je treba poudariti, da so rezultati raziskave omejeni zaradi relativno majhnega vzorca udeležencev.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: socialna omrežja, partnerski odnosi, intimnost, digitalna doba, navezanost v odraslosti, zadovoljstvo v odnosu
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana ; Maribor
• Publisher: [V. Šahtler Kričej]
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: IX, 79 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-167387
• UDC: 159.922:316.472.4:613.88(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 227588867
• Publication date in RUL: 19.02.2025

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The connection between social media, intimacy and satisfaction in partnerships

Abstract

The master thesis is dedicated to the research on the usage of social media related to intimacy and satisfaction in partnerships. In the theoretical part, we present the characteristics of social media and the statistics of their use, which implies their increased prevalence and role in modern partnerships. Furthermore, we theoretically present different forms of partnership love, the meaning of attachment in adulthood, the role of communication and the dynamics of conflict between partners. In the context of intimacy, we discuss how it develops through growing up and in a relationship. We also present different forms of intimacy and the fear associated with it. In the empirical part, we conducted quantitative research with participants who use social media and have been in a relationship for at least a year. The results of our research, which involved 260 people, show that 34 % of participants use social media daily and 51 % several times a day. We noticed a statistically negative correlation between self-display usage and the perceived quality of intimacy in a partnership. In addition, we found a statistically significant negative correlation between the basic usage of social media and the duration of a relationship - the longer the duration of a relationship, the lower the level of social media usage by the individual, and vice versa. Gender also proved to be a statistically significant predictor of satisfaction in a relationship, combined with time spent on social media. The results have shown no statistically significant correlation between the interactive usage of social media and satisfaction in a relationship, nor a correlation between the time dedicated to social media by an individual and satisfaction in a relationship. We should emphasise that our research results are limited due to a relatively small sample of participants.

• Keywords: social media, partnerships, intimacy, digital age, attachment in adulthood, satisfaction in a relationship