SECTION 1 Tutorial on Technology and Relationships
Chapter 1 Couples, Families, and Technology
Prevalence of Technology in Our Lives
The Rise of the Applications: Online Video Games
The Rise of the Applications: Social Networking
Effects of Technology on Our Individual Selves
Effects of Technology on Physical Well-Being
Effects of Technology on Psychological Well-Being
Projecting What’s Next for Technology in Our Lives
What Does All of This Mean for Relationships?
Chapter 2 From Digiteris to Tweeps: Understanding Online Communication Patterns
What Drives Patterns of Technology Use?
Theoretical Models of Motivations Applied to Social Media Use
The Importance of Being in Sync
Relational Factors Influencing Social Media Use
’Cuz You’ve Got… Personality (Disorders)?
The Only Thing to Fear is Missing Out
Comparing Face-to-Face and Internet Communication Technologies
Chapter 3 Virtual Impacts on Real-Time Individual, Couple, and Family Developments
Technology Immersion Across Developmental Contexts
Individual Lifespan: Erikson Revisited
Self-Authorship in a Relationally Authored (and Heterogenic) Environment
Social Comparison With Peers à la Festinger
Technology Use Across Relational Developmental Stages
Technology, Anxiety, and Distress (Oh My!)
You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Phone
Attachment to Technology: The Missing Link?
Technology: The Monkey on Your Back (And in Your Family?)
Technology, Attachment, and Romantic Relationships
Youth and Online Communication
Parents and Online Communication
Technology Interference in Parenting
Privacy, Technology, and Family Relationships
From Helicopter-Parents to Drone-Parents: Surveillance, Spying, and Other Monitoring Strategies
Family Negotiation of the “Net”
Common Couple Issues in a Digital Age
Social Media and Romantic Relationships
Texting and Romantic Relationships
I Spy With My Little “I”: Surveillance in Couples
Chapter 6 Relational Malware: Risks of Technology in Relationships
Privacy Considerations: The People
Privacy Considerations: The Space
Crossing Boundaries in Unbounded Space (Spy-Berspace?)
Technology-Based Dating Violence
“Sometimes It’s Hard to Be a Woman”
SECTION 2 Rebooting Your Relationships
Chapter 7 What About the Internet Changes Our Relationships?
A Social Solution to a Social Problem
The Couple and Family Technology Framework
The Flexibility of the CFT Framework
“Everybody’s Doing It”: Acceptability
“Who Are You?”: Anonymity Online
Me and My Shadow: Accessibility
The Ultimate Cheap Date: Affordability
A World of Sims: Approximation
“I Didn’t Technically Touch Them So It Doesn’t Count”: Ambiguity
The Couple and Family Technology Framework in Action
Chapter 8 Strengthening Roles, Rules, and Boundaries
Chapter 9 Improving Relationship Launches, Runtime, and Crashes
Relational Intelligence in a Digital World
First Comes Love, Then Comes Meeting
Development Across the Couple Lifespan
Technology’s Contribution to Relationship Satisfaction
Intimacy Development in Relationships With and Without Technology
Building Intimacy Through Self-Disclosure
Chapter 10 Debugging Advanced Internet-Based Relational Problems
Decoding Technology and Relationship Error Messages
Out-of-Control Technology-Related Behaviors
Action Point: A Case of Out-of-Control Online Gaming Behaviors
You Have Nothing to Fear, but Fear Itself
Winning Over Video Gaming Issues
Managing Out-of-Control Technology-Related Behaviors
Chapter 11 Measuring Technology’s Impact on Relational Life
Assessment of Internet Impact in Daily Life: The Chicken or the Egg?
Measuring “Addictive”/Compulsive Internet Use
Measuring Online Sexual Behavior
The Rebirth of Slick: The Couple and Family Technology Assessment Revised
Chapter 12 Developing Your Personal Technology Integration Plan With the Couple and Family Algorithm
Integration Ideas for Structure (Roles, Rules, Boundaries)
Boundary Tip 1: Check Your Email—Don’t Let Your Email Check You
Boundary Tip 2: Cover Your Private Parts (or Privacy Management)
Rule Tip 1: Develop a Rule for Your Family on Collective Privacy Management
Rule Tip 1: Recognition of Gatekeeping in Online Dating
Rule Tip 2: Recognition of the “Eight As”
Intimacy Tip 1: Electronic Fantasy Dates
Intimacy Tip 2: Using Asynchronous Methods to Manage Conflict
Intimacy Tip 3: Using Synchronous Methods to Obtain Support
Intimacy Tip 4: Ensure Online Friends Are Offline Friends as Well
Trust Tip 1: Recovering From Online Infidelity
Trust Tip 2: Managing Surveillance
Termination Tip 1: “Give Up The Ghost”
Termination Tip 2: Using the Benefits of the Internet to Structure Interactions
Online Behavior and Children: Some Guidelines
Rule Tip 1: When Should My Child Be Granted a Cellphone?
Case in Point: A Tale of Two Kiddies
Rule Tip 2: Boundaries and Rules for Safeguarding Against Cyberbullying
APPENDICES – ONLINE ONLY
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Appendix A: Ecological Elements Questionnaire
Appendix B: General Technological Focused Genogram Questions
Appendix C: Couple and Family Technology Focused Genogram Questions
Appendix D: Questions for Consideration Across an Electronic Developmental Lifespan