Author : Sophie Hawkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (135 download)
Book Synopsis Dating App Notivations in Emerging Adulthood by : Sophie Hawkins
Download or read book Dating App Notivations in Emerging Adulthood written by Sophie Hawkins and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dating and romantic relationship formation constitute important developmental tasks for emerging adults, and today emerging adults are tackling these tasks with the use of dating apps. Though dating apps have received significant attention in recent years due to their widespread popularity, dating apps other than Tinder (e.g., Bumble, Hinge) have not been widely studied. The current study utilized a cross-sectional design to explore why college-attending emerging adults use dating apps. Additionally, the current study assessed differences in the motivations reported across different apps (Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge). Participants were recruited via HPP at California State University, San Marcos and completed a single online survey. Participants reported on the following six motivations for using dating apps: love, casual sex, ease of communication, self-worth validation, thrill of excitement, and trendiness. A series of hierarchical regressions were used to test whether there were differences between the motivations reported by Tinder users, Hinge users, and Bumble users. The current study adds to existing literature on dating apps, as dating app type was significantly associated with casual sex motivations, such that Tinder users reported significantly higher casual sex motivations than both Hinge and Bumble users. However, the remaining five motivations did not differ based on type of dating app used.