Technology Usage, Face to Face Communication and Romantic Partner Relationships A Case of the Uganda National Police Force

Abstract

The study was a correlational quantitative analysis of the relationship between technology usage, face to face communication and romantic partner relationships, using a case of the Uganda police force. The study was underpinned by the couple and family technology theoretical framework by (Hertlein & Blumer, 2014). The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between the variables and assess the predictive potential of technology usage and face to face communication on romantic partner relationship. Three hundred twenty seven police officers were sampled for the study and data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. Findings show that there was a positive relationship between technology usage and face-to-face communication, (r=.069, p>.212). This suggested that positive changes in technology usage were related to positive changes in face-to-face communication. The study also showed that there was a significant positive relationship between face-to-face communication, (r= .424, p< .01). This suggests that positive changes in face-to-face communication do significantly increase romantic partner relationship. The study went ahead to show that there was a significant positive relationship between technology usage and romantic partner relationship, (r= .191, p< .01). This suggests that positive use of technology usage leads to an increase in romantic partner relationships significantly. The study also showed that technology usage and face-to-face communication had a 20.1 % predictive potential on romantic partner relationships meaning that the other 79 .9 % was predicted by other factors.