Department of Psychology, Kingston University.
Department of Military Psychology and Leadership, Royal Military College of Canada.
J Sex Res. 2024 Sep;61(7):1001-1012. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2249775. Epub 2023 Sep 7.
Incel refers to an online group of young males who feel frustration and despair at being repeatedly neglected on the dating market. Despite gaining notoriety for a number of public attacks, the majority of incel research is comprised of analyses of their forums rather than of individuals themselves. This provides a good contextual overview of the incel community but does not capture the experiences of incels or identify how and why this group responds so strongly to rejection. A total of 38 incel and 107 non-incel males ( = 23.60, = 4.90) were recruited through Reddit and two institutional forums to participate in the present online study, completing questionnaires pertaining to their dating app experiences and their mental and relational well-being. Large differences between incels and non-incels were found, with the former reporting greater depressive symptoms, rejection sensitivity, relationship status influence, and insecure attachment. These were all associated with perceived popularity, which incels scored lower on. Incels also adopted more liberal dating app strategies, yet reported fewer matches, conversations, and in-person outcomes. The pattern of results reported sheds new light on the role that dating apps may play in incels' efforts to attract mates and how these frustrations manifest. This is integral both to understanding the broader incel discourse as well as any efforts to develop treatment strategies with self-identified incels who seek counseling.
“处男”指的是在约会市场上屡次被忽视而感到挫败和绝望的年轻男性群体。尽管“处男”因一些公开袭击事件而声名狼藉，但大多数“处男”研究都是对他们的论坛进行分析，而不是对个人本身进行分析。这提供了一个很好的背景概述，但并没有捕捉到“处男”的经历，也没有确定这个群体为什么以及如何对拒绝做出如此强烈的反应。通过 Reddit 和两个机构论坛共招募了 38 名“处男”和 107 名非“处男”男性（=23.60，=4.90）参与本项在线研究，他们完成了与约会应用程序体验以及心理和关系健康相关的问卷。结果发现，“处男”和非“处男”之间存在很大差异，前者报告的抑郁症状、拒绝敏感、关系状态影响和不安全依恋更为严重。这些都与感知的受欢迎程度有关，而“处男”的得分较低。“处男”还采用了更自由的约会应用策略，但报告的匹配、对话和线下约会结果较少。报告的结果模式为约会应用程序在“处男”吸引伴侣的努力中可能扮演的角色以及这些挫败感的表现方式提供了新的视角。这对于理解更广泛的“处男”话语以及任何与寻求咨询的自我认同“处男”制定治疗策略都至关重要。
