{"id":68925,"date":"2023-07-10T00:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T04:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=68925"},"modified":"2023-07-10T00:12:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T04:12:02","slug":"the-reverse-of-the-words-ghoster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/the-reverse-of-the-words-ghoster\/","title":{"rendered":"The reverse of the words: “Ghoster”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No more text messages, no more calls, no more news, like that, overnight, without explanation… If this situation sounds familiar to you, you may have been the victim of “ghosting”.\u00a0Derived from the English “ghost”, meaning “phantom”, this term could be translated into French by the expression “playing dead”.\u00a0It appeared in popular culture in 2014 and was officially defined by the\u00a0Urban Dictionary<\/a>\u00a0in 2016:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a person cuts off all communication with their friends or the person they are dating, without any warning or notice.\u00a0Most of the time, she avoids phone calls from her friends, social media, and avoids them in public.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Although the verb “ghost” has recently appeared in everyday language, the phenomenon is not new.\u00a0Indeed, the tactic of disappearance to break a loving or friendly relationship is an old practice that could refer to the strategy of indirect disengagement by withdrawal\/avoidance described by\u00a0Baxter<\/a>\u00a0in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

It is difficult to know precisely whether \u201cghosting\u201d is more common today than 20, 30 or 40 years ago.\u00a0Nevertheless, this breakout strategy is\u00a0very common<\/a>\u00a0today.\u00a0The probable increase in this phenomenon is linked, for some researchers, to the use of\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0online dating sites<\/a>\u00a0which would facilitate and trivialize this kind of practice.\u00a0This could be explained by the\u00a0specificities of online interactions<\/a>\u00a0which make it possible to maintain a certain degree of anonymity, to have control over the relationship (and in particular the possibility of postponing one’s answers) or even the fact of not being in face of the person during exchanges, which can encourage avoidance behavior.<\/p>\n

If we can all \u201cghost\u201d a person or be \u201cghosted\u201d, this practice seems more widespread among young adults (18-30 years old) or emerging adults, a new category that has recently appeared\u00a0in<\/a>\u00a0developmental psychology.\u00a0In this age group, there are ghosting rates ranging from\u00a025%<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a078%<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0!\u00a0One of the explanations would be the fact that emerging adults have a frequent use of social media and dating applications but also that breakups are more common in this age group.\u00a0Note that many people report \u201cghosting\u201d and\u00a0having been \u201cghosted\u201d<\/a>\u00a0, which can make it difficult to identify a typical \u201cghoster\u201d profile.<\/p>\n

“Ghosting” is a common practice in romantic relationships but it can also affect other types of relationships such as friendships\u00a0, family or even the <\/a>professional<\/a>\u00a0field\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Breakups are often associated with negative emotions or even real psychological distress.\u00a0In the case of “ghosting”, the fact that the “ghosted” person does not immediately perceive the absence of news as a sign of a breakup can leave them in a situation of uncertainty and can lead\u00a0them<\/a>\u00a0to feel responsible for the situation.\u00a0This unilateral stoppage of communication does not allow time to elaborate on what is happening or to have an explanation.\u00a0This can increase the pain associated with the breakup and lead to mistrust in subsequent relationships, or even the reproduction of this practice where the “ghosted” person will “ghost” in turn.\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00e9my Bult\u00e9’s documentary web-series\u00a0“Ghosts”<\/a>on France.tv’s Slash platform is a good illustration of this phenomenon and how it can affect subsequent relationships.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Marie Danet is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Lille<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No more text messages, no more calls, no more news, like that, overnight, without explanation… If this situation sounds familiar to you, you may have been the victim of “ghosting”.\u00a0Derived from the English “ghost”, meaning “phantom”, this term could be translated into French by the expression “playing dead”.\u00a0It appeared in popular culture in 2014 and […]\n… learn more→<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[434521],"coauthors":[11733],"class_list":["post-68925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-ghosting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe reverse of the words: "Ghoster" - World leading higher education information and services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/the-reverse-of-the-words-ghoster\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The reverse of the words: "Ghoster" - 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