Impacts of numeric technologies on romantic relationships

Informative capsules explaining the potential impacts of digital technologies on the initiation, maintenance and dissolution of romantic relationships, as well as the post-dissolution phase.
Identity difficulties might act as a psychological mechanism linking neglect in childhood to sexual disturbances in adulthood

An article for which Dr Marie-Ève Daspe, Ph.D. is a co-author was chosen for a post on PsyPost. Click here to read.
Did you know relationship and sexual satisfaction influence the perception of loss of control over pornography use?

A recent study conducted by Marie-Ève Daspe, Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel, and Yvan Lussier examined the associations between the frequency of pornography use, perceived lack of control over pornography use, and relationship and sexual satisfaction. A total of 1 036 participants aged between 18 and 55 and involved in a romantic relationship completed online questionnaires about pornography […]
Do you know the impacts that your use of Facebook can have on your romantic relationship?

Two recent studies by Marie-Ève Daspe, Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel, and Yvan Lussier examined associations between Facebook use, Facebook jealousy and intimate partner violence perpetration among adolescents and young adults. In the first study, 1 508 adolescents and young adults involved in a romantic relationship completed online questionnaires to assess Facebook use, Facebook jealousy–triggered by content related […]