A Study on College Students’ Motivation and Individual Differences in Using Dating Apps

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 1477-1483
Author(s):  
Wei Wei ◽  
Liu Manman ◽  
Lai Yan ◽  
Wang Lei ◽  
Hu Liwei
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Dating Apps

Measures of RSA Suppression, Attentional Control, and Negative Affect Predict Self-Ratings of Executive Functions

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 164-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Healy ◽  
Aaron Treadwell ◽  
Mandy Reagan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Attentional Control ◽  
Executive Processes ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Low Levels

The current study was an attempt to determine the degree to which the suppression of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and attentional control were influential in the ability to engage various executive processes under high and low levels of negative affect. Ninety-four college students completed the Stroop Test while heart rate was being recorded. Estimates of the suppression of RSA were calculated from each participant in response to this test. The participants then completed self-ratings of attentional control, negative affect, and executive functioning. Regression analysis indicated that individual differences in estimates of the suppression of RSA, and ratings of attentional control were associated with the ability to employ executive processes but only when self-ratings of negative affect were low. An increase in negative affect compromised the ability to employ these strategies in the majority of participants. The data also suggest that high attentional control in conjunction with attenuated estimates of RSA suppression may increase the ability to use executive processes as negative affect increases.

Exploration of Individual Differences in Preferences for Humor

1974 ◽  
Vol 34 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1031-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger L. Terry ◽  
Sarah L. Ertel
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Personality Factor ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
Factor Scores ◽  
Male College ◽  
Male College Students

Liking scores for hostile, sexual, and nontendentious cartoons were correlated with personality factor scores of 20 female and 19 male college students. Sexual cartoons were liked more by males, especially by those tending to be tough or group-dependent, than by females, especially by those with higher general intelligence. Nonsense cartoons were liked more by females, especially by those with lower general intelligence.

Individual Differences in Valuing Mates' Physical Attractiveness

2006 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 502-511
Author(s):  
Eugene W. Mathes ◽  
Abby Bielser ◽  
Ticcarra Cassell ◽  
Sarah Summers ◽  
Aggie Witowski
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Evolutionary Theory ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Women College Students

To investigate correlates of valuing physical attractiveness in a mate, it was hypothesized that valuing physical attractiveness in a mate would correlate with sex and valuing promiscuous sex, status, personal physical attractiveness, beauty, and order. Men and women college students completed measures of the extent to which they valued physical attractiveness in a mate and other variables. Valuing physical attractiveness in a mate was correlated with sex (men valued physical attractiveness in a mate more than did women) and valuing promiscuous sex and status, and, for women, valuing personal physical attractiveness. The results were explained in terms of evolutionary theory.

Individual Differences in Color-Name Connotations as Related to Measures of Racial Attitude

1969 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Williams
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Racial Attitudes ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Racial Attitude ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Color Name

Caucasian college students made semantic differential ratings of color names concurrent with their participation in studies of racial attitudes. The evaluative meanings assigned to the color names Black and Brown were positively correlated with four measures of attitude toward Negro persons, a result consistent with the hypothesis that the designation of racial groups by color names is one determinant of attitudes toward the racial groups.

scholarly journals Do young dating app users and non-users differ in mating orientations?

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. e0246350
Author(s):  
Juan Ramón Barrada ◽  
Ángel Castro ◽  
Elena Fernández del Río ◽  
Pedro J. Ramos-Villagrasa
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
Hooking Up ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Dating Apps ◽  
Presence Of People ◽  
Adequate Resource

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.

Guilty Pleasure? Communicating Sexually Explicit Content on Dating Apps and Disillusionment with App Usage

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-85
Author(s):  
Sylvia Niehuis ◽  
Alan Reifman ◽  
Dana A Weiser ◽  
Narissra M Punyanunt-Carter ◽  
Jeanne Flora ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Mechanical Turk ◽  
Sexual Content ◽  
Expectancy Violations ◽  
Dating Apps ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
Explicit Content

Abstract Some people send or receive sexually explicit images or messages when using dating apps. Seeing unwanted content may produce adverse effects, consistent with expectancy violations theory (EVT), and disillusion some users. To test links between encountering sexually explicit materials and dating app disillusionment (with oneself, with others, and regret over app usage), we surveyed two samples of dating app users. Study 1 (n = 531 college students) focused on Tinder, whereas Study 2 (n = 209 Mechanical Turk workers) examined dating apps broadly. In each study, a latent class analysis sorted users into four groups, based on their dating app engagement with sexual content. Participants who rarely exchanged and did not enjoy sexual content were most regretful, as even one bad experience might have violated their expectations. Contrary to EVT, participants with high enjoyment of explicit materials felt disillusioned with themselves. Participants citing relationship-seeking purposes for app usage were highly disillusioned when heavily involved with explicit content.

Incidental Learning and Deployment of Attention

1974 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 529-530
Author(s):  
Jacob Beiser
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Incidental Learning ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Lower Division

Correlations between individual differences in incidental learning and in deployment of attention were examined for 26 male and female lower division college students (–.329) and for a second sample of 46 Ss (.260). Results suggest that superiority in both deployment of attention (striking out symbols) and incidental learning (recall of words and Remote Associates Task) are linked.

Belief in and Experience with the Paranormal: Relations between Personality Boundaries, Executive Functioning, Gender Role, and Academic Variables

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey N. Spinelli ◽  
Howard M. Reid ◽  
Jill M. Norvilitis
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
College Major ◽  
Academic Variables ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity ◽  
And Gender

The present study examined individual differences in beliefs in the paranormal. One hundred and ninety-three college students were given a questionnaire measuring executive functioning, boundaries of personality, masculinity and femininity, and college major. Overall, 75 percent of participants reported belief in at least one of four types of paranormal activity and 42 percent reported experiencing at least one of four types of paranormal activity. Thinness of personality boundaries was related to belief in, as well as experience with, the paranormal. There was also a relationship between belief and experience and gender role. There was no evidence for a relationship between belief in the paranormal and year in college or college major.

Mode of Symbolic Representation and Cognitive Style

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott G. Isaksen ◽  
K. Brian Dorval ◽  
Geir Kaufmann
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Symbolic Representation ◽  
General Level ◽  
Modes Of Representation ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
Specific Prediction ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between imagery and creativity was examined using a prediction from the theories of symbolic representation developed by Morris and Hampson [1, 2] and Kaufmann [3–6]. One-hundred and fifty-four college students completed the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory on preferred styles of problem solving and Paivio's Individual Differences Questionnaire on preferred mode of symbolic representation. At a general level, results were in the expected direction for both theories by showing a significant relationship between innovative problem-solving preference and general level of use of conscious modes of symbolic representation. However, results also supported the more specific prediction from Kaufmann's theory that subjects with an innovative preference would have a relatively stronger preference for imaginal over verbal modes of representation.

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