Virtual Extimacy and Conjugality: Possible Repercussions

This study aimed to investigate the possible repercussions of “virtual extimacy” in the experience of conjugality today. The notion of intimacy has undergone significant transformations. Historically, intimacy had a strong connection with the idea of privacy. However, today, the transformation of in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Campos, Carolina Mendes, Feres-Carneiro, Terezinha, Magalhães, Andrea Seixas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM)
Repositorio:Psicologia (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Online)
Idioma:inglés
portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.editorarevistas.mackenzie.br:article/11638
Acceso en línea:http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/11638
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:extimidade virtual
intimidade
conjugalidade
redes sociais
conflito
extimidad virtual
intimidad
conyugalidad
redes sociales
conflicto
virtual extimacy
intimacy
conjugality
social networks
conflict
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Sumario:This study aimed to investigate the possible repercussions of “virtual extimacy” in the experience of conjugality today. The notion of intimacy has undergone significant transformations. Historically, intimacy had a strong connection with the idea of privacy. However, today, the transformation of intimacy is remarkable, since the shared information has reached visibility never before imagined. The notion of “virtual extimacy” was constructed to designate this new perspective of intimacy in the internet space. Six married people who were also users of the Facebook social network were interviewed. The interviews were analyzed using the content analysis method. The categories of analysis emerged from these narratives. With these analyses, it was verified that we are facing not a dichotomous phenomenon that separates the virtual from the real, but rather a novelty that joins and intertwines the threads of experience with the other inside and outside the internet.