Cellphone Use and its impact on intimate relationship
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1. Research Topic, Research Question, and Hypothesis
Cellphone Use and Its Impact on Intimate Relationships
Cellphones are now readily available. Many research shows that 90 percent of people,
whether students or adults have smartphones, whether they’re in colleges or high school. Ninetytwo
percent of adults worldwide own and are in use of a mobile phone, particularly smartphones.
The use of cell phones can either positively or negatively impacts the intimate relationships in
various ways.
Research question
i) What is the impact of cell phone use on intimate relationships?
Hypothesis
i) Cell phone use impacts on intimate relationships H0
ii) Cell phone use doesn’t impact on intimate relationships. H1
Too much mobile phone usage may lead to a form of dependence. Dependence has an
unavoidable and unrelenting influence on a person’s relatives and loved ones (Roberts, 2016). The
addictions of cell phone use in families may lead to the creation of rigid boundaries. Besides, this
mostly happens when one partner doesn’t inform their spouse on what they could be up to. As a
result, there is inadequate communication, which may lead to breaking the relationship. Also, cell
phone use may impact in high negative and conflict-related rates. The conflict-related rates are as a
result of insincerity among the spouses. Consequently, the spouses end up experiencing many
psychological disorders.
Borrowing from (Ling, and Campbell, 2017), cell phone use doesn’t impact intimate
relationships and should be used as an agent of change. Everyone should have and use their
cellphones at liberty, as well as have the right to privacy. Intimate friends are not allowed to delve
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into each other’s cell phones only because they are dating or married. The use of Smartphones and
their continuous exposure to text messages and social media should remain personal information
by the people and their social networks.
2. Research Questionnaire/Survey
Impact of Cellphone use on Intimate or Romantic Relationships
The research question: What is the effect of cellphone use on romantic or intimate relationships
among white and black Americans between 18 and 27 years of age in Bronx and Brooklyn?
(Information provided will be highly confidential)
Survey/Questionnaire
(Please check appropriately in the space provided)
a) Please indicate your gender
Male [ ] Female [ ] Other [ ]
b) Indicate your age bracket
Below 20 years [ ] 20-34 years [ ] 34-45 years [ ] Above 45 years [ ]
c) What is your race/ethnicity?
White [ ] American Indian [ ] Asian [ ] African American [ ]
d) How long have you been in the relationship?
Under 1 year [ ] Under 3 years [ ] Under 5 years [ ] Over 5 years [ ]
e) How often do you use a cellphone while with your partner?
Never [ ] Sparingly [ ] Always [ ]
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1. Do you read the history of calls, electronic-mails, short messages, or Tweeter and
Facebook entries from your partner’s device without his/her permission? Yes [ ] No [ ]
2. Does your partner read your social media platform information, including the history of
calls, electronic-mails, short messages, or Tweeter and Facebook entries without your
permission? Yes [ ] No [ ]
3. Are you scared of receiving cellphone calls from a person of the opposite sex in the
company or your partner’s presence? Yes [ ] No [ ]
4. Are you suspicious when your partner receives cellphone calls from an individual of the
opposite sex while you are present? Yes [ ] No [ ]
5. Do you claim an explanation or clarification from your partner every time they receive a
cellphone message or call from a person of the opposite sex? Yes [ ] No [ ]
(Please indicate using a check, the extent or degree to which you disagree or agree with the
statements in the table below).
Strongly
agree
Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
disagree
1. Cellphone use helps relational
partners stay connected.
2. Repetitive cellphone use contributes
to relationship satisfaction.
3. Cellphone usage rules help partners
avoid the relational repercussions in
romantic relationships.
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1. How regularly do you communicate with your partner using a cellphone, and does it have
positive or negative impacts on your relationship?
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2. What is your opinion concerning the impacts posed by the use of cellphones to an intimate
relationship?
