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Romantic Selectivity and Sexual Assertiveness on Dating Apps: An Experimental Test

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dc.contributor.authorAlexopoulos, Cassandra
dc.contributor.authorSharabi, Liesel
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-26T18:38:48Z
dc.date.available2023-12-26T18:38:48Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-03
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2024.313
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-7-1
dc.identifier.othere87cc88c-18f1-49be-a3a1-215d9e892a4b
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/106695
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectDecision Making in Online Social Networks
dc.subjectbiological market theory
dc.subjectdating apps
dc.subjectromantic selectivity
dc.subjectsexual assertiveness
dc.subjectsexual coercion
dc.titleRomantic Selectivity and Sexual Assertiveness on Dating Apps: An Experimental Test
dc.typeConference Paper
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dcterms.abstractThis study uses biological market theory to examine the effects of dating app user interest (i.e., the number of people who have expressed interest either by sending a person a “like” or having matched with them) and user availability (i.e., the number of viable partners who are available and meet one’s criteria) on romantic and sexual decision-making. Participants (N = 332) were randomly assigned to view messages showing high user interest, low user interest, high user availability, or low user availability. Findings showed that participants in the high interest (vs. low interest) condition were more selective, and that greater partner selectivity was associated with lower willingness to refuse unwanted sex. Findings also revealed differential effects for messages conveying high interest compared to high availability with partner selectivity explaining these effects. The implications of these findings for research on romantic and sexual decision-making in online dating are discussed.
dcterms.extent7 pages
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