The outgoing year was marked separation of many couples celebrities. Shakira and Pique, Risto Mejide and Laura Escanes, Aitana and Miguel Bernado, Mario Vargas Llosa and Isabelle Preisler… These are just a few examples, and there were many. Some did not surprise their followers, who claimed to have already seen some of the signs, while others took everyone by surprise. But do such signs really exist? Can you predict a couple’s breakup just from their social media posts? The truth is, according to a study published in 2021, yes it can.
Moreover, the authors of this investigation, who come from University of Austin, Texasfound a way to predict it with three months before. Even when the members of the couple themselves were not yet aware of the impending breakup.
And it is that, short of imminent infidelity or some such problem, parting cooked over low heat. Although both parts of the couple make an effort to pretend that everything is in order and patch up their differences, the relationship between them is getting worse and worse every time, and it shows in their behavior without even realizing it. In the case of this study, published at the time in PNASuser’s way of expressing themselves Reddit. However, it can be extrapolated to other social networks or even everyday conversations.
Breakups of couples who prophesy on the Internet
To conduct this study, its authors analyzed the conversations on Reddit of those users who announced their breakup on subreddit on this topic.
The goal was to see if their way of communicating had changed. before, during and after a breakup. And indeed, it was. They noticed that three months before their language began to change when they spoke other subreddits. First of all, there have been changes in the words that we do not pay attention to when we say: pronouns, prepositions, articles… Apparently, these are meaningless resources, but they can point to many things.
For example, it was observed that prior to breaking up, these people tended to use more first person pronouns, both “I” and “we”. In addition, they showed signs increased cognitive processing. This, as explained in ScienceDaily lead author of the study, Sarah Seraj, refers to signs that someone is carrying a large cognitive load. “They think or work on something and become more self-centered.” It can be applied to any type of emotional problem, but it certainly works very well for breakups.
Six months later it’s still the same
We already know that the language of these people can change in the three months before the breakup. But what happens next?
In this case, the authors observed that, on average, people continued to use the language to six months later that their relationship is over. However, it could have been a lot more if they spent a lot of time posting on the breakup subreddit. In other words, blowing off steam is good when a relationship ends, but doing it regularly on social media will help us a lot. harder to turn the page.
In the case of all the couples mentioned at the beginning of this article, the media and their followers have again and again influenced the breakup. For other nameless mortals, Change the topic Seems like a good idea. Of course, if you’re in this situation and feel like you’re getting too frustrated, don’t forget ask for help. Sometimes the end of a relationship can make us believe that everything is falling apart; but with the right help, the pieces can always be put back together.
Source: Hiper Textual
