ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Psychological Correlates of Ghosting and Breadcrumbing Experiences: A Preliminary Study among Adults.
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- Turkish Adaptation of the Ghosting Questionnaire and Its Impact on Relationship Satisfaction: Serial Mediation Effects of Negative Affect and Loneliness.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Resilience to ghosting? A randomized controlled trial examining the consequences of ghosting on sleep quality in potential romantic relationships.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- The Translation and Preliminary Psychometric Validation of the Ghosting Questionnaire in Urdu.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Attachment insecurity and breadcrumbing engagement in young adults: a cross-sectional, cross-country study in India and Spain.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Development and validation of a questionnaire (GHOST) to assess sudden, unexplained communication exclusion or "ghosting".Heliyon · 2023Article
- Cyber dating abuse and ghosting behaviours: personality and gender roles in romantic relationships.Current issues in personality psychology · 2022Article
- Is Dating Behavior in Digital Contexts Driven by Evolutionary Programs? A Selective Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Romance Scams: Romantic Imagery and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Development and Validation of Breadcrumbing in Affective-Sexual Relationships (BREAD-ASR) Questionnaire: Introducing a New Online Dating Perpetration.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
The present study aimed to examine differences in three psychological constructs (satisfaction with life, loneliness, and helplessness) among adults experiencing ghosting and breadcrumbing. A sample of 626 adults (303 males and 323 females), aged from 18 to 40 years, completed an online survey asking to indicate whether someone they considered a dating partner had ghosted or breadcrumbed them in the last year and to complete three different scales regarding satisfaction with life, loneliness, and helplessness. The results showed than those participants who had indicated experiencing breadcrumbing or the combined forms (both breadcrumbing and ghosting) reported less satisfaction with life, and more helplessness and self-perceived loneliness. The results from the regression models showed that suffering breadcrumbing would significantly increase the likelihood of experiencing less satisfaction with life, and of having more feelings of loneliness and helplessness. However, no significant relation was found between ghosting and any of the examined psychological correlates.
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