Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Department of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, Teruel, Spain.
Faculty of Labour and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
PLoS One. 2021 Feb 2;16(2):e0246350. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246350. eCollection 2021.
In recent years, dating apps have changed the way people meet and communicate with potential romantic and/or sexual partners. There exists a stereotype considering that these apps are used only for casual sex, so those apps would not be an adequate resource to find a long-term relationship. The objective of this study was to analyze possible individual differences in the mating orientations (short-term vs. long-term) between users and non-users of dating apps. Participants were 902 single students from a mid-size Spanish university, of both sexes (63% female, and 37% male), aged between 18 and 26 years (M = 20.34, SD = 2.05), who completed a battery of online questionnaires. It was found that, whereas dating apps users had a higher short-term mating orientation than non-users (more frequent behavior, higher desire, and more positive attitude), there were no differences in the long-term orientation as a function of use/non-use. Considering this, dating apps are a resource with a strong presence of people interested on hooking-up while, simultaneously, not a bad (nor good) option for finding long-term love.
近年来，约会应用程序改变了人们与潜在的浪漫和/或性伴侣见面和交流的方式。存在一种刻板印象，认为这些应用程序仅用于随意性行为，因此这些应用程序不是寻找长期关系的合适资源。本研究的目的是分析约会应用程序用户和非用户之间在交配取向（短期与长期）方面可能存在的个体差异。参与者是来自西班牙一所中型大学的 902 名单身学生，包括男女（女性占 63%，男性占 37%），年龄在 18 至 26 岁之间（M = 20.34，SD = 2.05），他们完成了一系列在线问卷。结果发现，与非用户相比，约会应用程序用户具有更高的短期交配取向（更频繁的行为、更高的欲望和更积极的态度），而使用/不使用该应用程序对长期取向没有差异。考虑到这一点，约会应用程序是一个资源，其中有很多人对 hookup 感兴趣，同时，它也不是寻找长期爱情的好（也不是坏）选择。
