Department of Communication and Cognition, Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
PLoS One. 2022 Oct 19;17(10):e0274860. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274860. eCollection 2022.
This paper investigates origins and consequences of perceived profile text originality. The first goal was to examine whether the perceived originality of authentic online dating profile texts affects online daters' perceptions of attractiveness, and whether perceptions of (less) desired partner personality traits mediate this effect. Results showed the positive impact of perceived profile text originality on impression formation: text originality positively affects perceptions of intelligence and sense of humor, which improve impressions of attractiveness and boost dating intention. The second goal was to explore what profile text features increase perceptions of profile text originality. Results revealed profile texts which were stylistically original (e.g., include metaphors) and contained more and concrete self-disclosure statements were considered more original, explaining almost half of the variance in originality scores. Taken together, our results suggest that perceived originality in profile texts is manifested in both meaning and form, and is a balancing act between novelty and appropriateness.
本文探讨了感知个人资料文本原创性的起源和后果。第一个目标是检验真实的在线约会个人资料文本的感知原创性是否会影响在线约会者对吸引力的看法，以及感知到的（较少）理想伴侣个性特征是否会影响这种影响。结果表明，感知个人资料文本原创性对印象形成有积极影响：文本原创性会积极影响智力和幽默感的感知，从而提高吸引力的感知，并增强约会的意图。第二个目标是探索哪些个人资料文本特征会增加对个人资料文本原创性的感知。结果表明，具有文体原创性（例如，包含隐喻）和包含更多具体自我披露陈述的个人资料文本被认为更具原创性，解释了原创性得分近一半的差异。总的来说，我们的研究结果表明，个人资料文本中的感知原创性体现在意义和形式上，是新颖性和适当性之间的平衡。
