While an expanding corpus of empirical investigations has underscored the deleterious ramifications of partner phubbing on interpersonal communication and relationship quality, there remains a paucity of scholarly inquiry into its underlying internal mechanisms engendering such adverse outcomes. In light of this gap, based on cognitive appraisal theory, this study examined the effects of emotional factor (romantic jealousy) and behavioral factor (relational aggression) between young adults’ partner phubbing and intimacy quality. A sample of 51...
