Most young adults asked about ghosting had been on both sides

Ghosting is ending a relationship by disappearing from it. The paper's title calls it a digital way to disappear.

In this study, 99 young adults filled in questionnaires about ghosting in romantic relationships. They were asked about ghosting others and being ghosted.

Most of them said they had been on both sides. They had ghosted someone, and someone had ghosted them.

Their reasons for ghosting fell into five themes. How they decided to do it fell into three more.

The people who were ghosted described, in three themes, how they came to realize it had happened.

This is one study of 99 people, built on their own answers. It describes what they said and does not test anything.

The abstract does not name the themes, so this note cannot name them either. The authors call the study exploratory.

The Disappearing Pattern is the pull to leave when someone gets close. Going silent without a word is one form it takes.

This study found that most people knew ghosting from both sides. Being ghosted was common even among people who ghost.

Catch is the first move. Catch means you feel the body signal and name the pattern before it becomes the behavior.

The body signal is what you feel in your body as the pattern starts. It might be relief as you decide not to reply.

When you feel it, write one sentence you could send instead of silence. You do not have to send it yet.

This study did not test The Archivist Method. It did not measure what ghosting did to anyone over time.

It does not say ghosting is right or wrong. It records how 99 young adults described doing it and living through it.