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IMO Surveys are the lowest form of science. Another way to title it "More evidence that neuroticism leads to marital dissatisfaction and dissolution" Think ab
by maerF0x0 3y ago
IMO Surveys are the lowest form of science.
Another way to title it "More evidence that neuroticism leads to marital dissatisfaction and dissolution"
Think about the process:
1. You decide/agree to fill out a survey (this is a form of selection bias already)
2. The survey asks you *to recall* experiences (this is both a form of bias of memory and neuroticism which causes you to ruminate on events in the past or what they might mean)
3. Then we make association (often interpreted as causal outside of the actual papers) that the examined behavior is the reason for the outcomes we've cherry picked.
Perhaps people on the brink of divorce phub more?
Perhaps the people are just neurotic about their partner's behavior? (notice, ruminate on, and ascribe negative meaning to their partner being on a phone)
Perhaps phubbing is just a coping mechanism for *the real cause of damage* in the marriage?
- taylodl 3y agoBesides which, according to the CDC, the divorce rate in the United States has been declining since the release of the iPhone. But that doesn't fit the narrative that smartphones are destroying all of society, does it?
- asynchronous 3y agoI would argue that metric is simply because less people are getting married now in the first place.
- taylodl 3y agoYou're not wrong, but just to clarify, the divorce rate is decreasing, not just the number of divorces.
- maerF0x0 3y agoI've seen presumptions that is because marriage has been declining. People who were marginally less into marriage for whatever reason seem to be forgoing the "I guess we need to get married ... <1 to 7 yrs, maybe kids> ... I never was into this, why did we get married? Lets divorce" pattern.
- senda 3y agoisnt this why we all collectively shit on psychology? also the replication crisis.
- adolph 3y agoOk, the term phub is not a shortened form of a well known adult website. phub | fəb | verb (phubs, phubbing, phubbed) [with object] informal ignore (one's companion or companions) in order to pay attention to one's phone or other mobile device: I'm not a huge phone fan so you won't catch me phubbing anyone | more than 46 percent of survey respondents said they had been phubbed by their partner. DERIVATIVES phubber noun ORIGIN early 21st century: from phubbing.
- ASalazarMX 3y ago> early 21st century: from phubbing Love how this origin date would equally apply to "I just made it this morning".