Alles zur Psychologie des Ghostings beim Online-Dating

This video explores what psychology tells us about ghosting in online dating. Ghosting is the sudden disappearance of someone after contact or a relationship has begun. Those affected are devastated and search for an explanation. Some experience grief, others lose the courage to continue dating, or even start ghosting themselves. Why do people really ghost? The video discusses motives such as self-protection, reducing insecurity, the normalization of ghosting, enabling platform structures, and the potential for repeat behavior. The video shows you how to deal with ghosting, avoid it, and protect yourself. Further resources and links: Start your search for a partner at Gleichklang, find friendships, projects, and communities with us: https://www.gleichklang.de/ Book a coaching session with me (video coaching) to advance your relationship search: https://www.gfgebauer.de/#termin Purchase my book "A Perfect Match? Partner Search from a Psychological Perspective": https://buch-partnersuche.de/ This detailed article on the Gleichklang relationship blog, titled "All About Ghosting: Why Ghosting and What Are the Consequences?", contains all the content of this video in more detail: https://www.psychologie-partnersuche.... This further article on the Gleichklang relationship blog, titled "Ghosting: Why Do People Disappear Without a Trace?" This article presents the results of a survey conducted by Gleichklang among its members. It describes the experiences of both those who are ghosted and those who ghost: https://www.psychologie-partnersuche.... This article on the official Gleichklang website, titled "Ghosting in Online Dating: Why It Happens and How Gleichklang Works Against It," primarily addresses what can be done to combat ghosting and what Gleichklang, as a dating platform, is doing to prevent it: https://www.gleichklang.de/ghosting-b... This further article on Gleichklang's relationship blog, titled "Ghosting: Why Do People Disappear Without a Trace?" This article presents the results of a survey conducted by Gleichklang among its members. It describes the experiences of both those who are ghosted and those who ghost: https://www.psychologie-partnersuche.... Related Literature Timmermans, E., Hermans, A. & Opree, S. J. (2020). Gone with the wind: Exploring mobile daters’ ghosting experiences. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520970287 LeFebvre, L. E., Allen, M., Rasner, R. D., Garstad, S., Wilms, A. & Parrish, C. (2019). Ghosting in emerging Adults’ romantic relationships: The Digital Dissolution Disappearance Strategy. https://doi.org/10.1177/0276236618820519 LeFebvre, L. E. & Fan, X. (2020). Ghosted?: Navigating strategies for reducing uncertainty and implications surrounding ambiguous loss. P https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12322 LeFebvre, L. E., Rasner, R. D. & Allen, M. (2019). “I guess I’ll never know. . .”: Non-Initiators Account-Making after being ghosted. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2019... Freedman, G., Powell, D. N., Le, B. & Williams, K. D. (2018). Ghosting and destiny: Implicit theories of relationships predict beliefs about ghosting.https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407517748791 Leckfor, C. M., Wood, N. R., Slatcher, R. B. & Hales, A. H. (2023). From Close to Ghost: Examining the Relationship Between the Need for Closure, Intentions to Ghost, and Reactions to Being Ghosted. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407522114... Šiša, A. (2024). Ghosting on Tinder: Examining Disconnectivity in Online Dating. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.8563 Konings, F., Sumter, S. & Vandenbosch, L. (2023). It’s not You, it’s Me: Experiences with Ghosting on Mobile Dating Applications and Belgian Emerging Adults’ Self-Esteem. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-023-10... Heinzle, L.-M. (2025). The cyclical effect of ghosting: How ghosting experiences reproduce themselves. An attempt to apply social science theories. https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail/o... Navarro, R., Larrañaga, E., Yubero, S. & Víllora, B. (2020). Individual, interpersonal and relationship factors associated with ghosting intention and behaviors in adult relationships: Examining the associations over and above being a recipient of ghosting https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2020.1... Solomon, D. H. & Knobloch, L. K. (2004c). A model of relational turbulence: The role of intimacy, relational uncertainty, and interference from partners in appraisals of irritations. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407504047838