Dating apps and their sociodemographic and psychosocial correlates: A systematic review

Á Castro, JR Barrada - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The emergence and popularization of dating apps have changed the way people meet and
interact with potential romantic and sexual partners. In parallel with the increased use of …

Online dating and problematic use: A systematic review

G Bonilla-Zorita, MD Griffiths, DJ Kuss - International journal of mental …, 2021 - Springer
Despite the constant growth in the use of online dating sites and mobile dating applications,
research examining potential problematic use of online dating has remained scarce …

Gone with the wind: Exploring mobile daters' ghosting experiences

E Timmermans, AM Hermans… - Journal of Social and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This study explores 328 mobile daters'(63% females; 86% heterosexuals) experiences with
ghosting, using both open-and close-ended questions. First, we used thematic analysis to …

Dating apps: a literature review

S Wu, D Trottier - Annals of the International Communication …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Dating apps have become one of the most prominent and contentious topics in the realm of
intimacy among the wider public and academia. Media and communication researchers …

[HTML][HTML] Threaten me softly: A review of potential dating app risks

A Phan, K Seigfried-Spellar, KKR Choo - Computers in human behavior …, 2021 - Elsevier
The potential abuse of dating applications (apps), including during the current lockdowns
due to COVID-19, has resulted in a growing community of research to learn to what extent …

Online dating: predictors of problematic tinder use

G Vera Cruz, E Aboujaoude, L Rochat… - BMC psychology, 2024 - Springer
Background Geolocation apps have radically transformed dating practices around the world,
with profound sociocultural implications. Few studies, however, have explored their …

Online dating and psychological wellbeing: A social compensation perspective

CL Toma - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
This article reviews evidence for the social compensation hypothesis of online dating,
according to which individuals who experience challenges with traditional dating gravitate …

The psychological influence of dating app matches: The more matches the merrier?

MF Thomas, A Binder, J Matthes - new media & society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Swipe-based dating apps characteristically provide quantitative social feedback in the form
of matches. Surveys suggest a link between dating app success and well-being, but the …

[HTML][HTML] The agony of partner choice: The effect of excessive partner availability on fear of being single, self-esteem, and partner choice overload

MF Thomas, A Binder, J Matthes - Computers in Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Dating apps advertise with high availability of potential partners because users seem to
prefer extensive choice. However, on the basis of consumer decision making research, we …

Burnt out and still single: Susceptibility to dating app burnout over time

LL Sharabi, PA Von Feldt, T Ha - New Media & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the ubiquity of dating apps, there is little longitudinal research examining the mental
health and well-being of dating app users. To fill this void, this study takes a social …