Do people overestimate their chances of success in online dating? Higher levels of relationship satisfaction is reported where partners had met online.
Is there is a connection between anxious smartphone attachment and anthropomorphic beliefs? Anxious smartphone attachment is related to the urge to answer texts or emails.
We spend more time looking at Facebook profile photographs of females than males, and more time looking at attractive profile photographs than unattractive ones.
Do we become attached to phones as human attachment substitutes? Anxiously attached people keep their phones close to be in constant contact with other people.
• Older adults are more earnest in their endeavours in online dating
• Older individuals more likely to report using online dating to find marital and sexual partners
Profiles written by people in middle age are longer than the those by age groups younger or older. Females who use negative words score lower on trust and higher on caution.
• It is not always the case that males pursue physical attractiveness in a female partner.
• There is a difference between deliberate and spontaneous choices in online dating.
Smartphones provide a way for people to stay closely connected with family and friends, but what impact do they have on romantic partners and relationships?
Females were more likely to use an outdated photo or misrepresent their looks than males. In online dating, users are able to impression manage how they appear to others.
Social networking has increased the propensity for jealousy.
Females desire a degree of approval from others and tend to define themselves in terms of others.