The Relationship Between Fear of Intimacy and Dating Application Usage as well as Motivation to Use Dating Applications

Adejumobi, Temi (2023) The Relationship Between Fear of Intimacy and Dating Application Usage as well as Motivation to Use Dating Applications. Undergraduate thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

The current study aimed to examine the relationship between fear of intimacy and dating app usage along with dating app motivations, while also exploring. Research has shown an increase in dating app usage, research has also shown a decrease in committed relationships and a delay in age of marriage. Due to the various available individuals on dating apps, individuals have reported finding in hard to commit due to the wide variety of individuals using dating applications. The present study aimed to investigate new findings in relation to fear of intimacy and dating app usage. The age range consisted of the minimum age being 18 and the maximum being 55, there was a total of 107 participants; 64 females, 40 males and 3 prefer not to say, who answered the Fear of Intimacy Scale. This research also consisted of 48 dating app users, who answered the Dating App Motivation Scale along with the Problematic Tinder Use Scale which was generalised to all dating apps. Findings from the Mann Whitney U test regarding both gender differences as well as differences in dating app usage, demonstrated no difference within these variables . Findings from Spearman’s Rank Order correlation also failed to find a relationship between dating app motivations and fear of intimacy, this was also the same case for problematic tinder use and fear of intimacy. Lastly the multiple regression analysis found that the dating app motivations failed to predicts scores on the Fear of Intimacy Scale. Implications for this study and future research are discussed.

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Supervisors:	Name Email Nolan, Conor UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs > Dating (Social customs) > Online dating Q Science > QA Mathematics > Computer software > Mobile Phone Applications > Online dating T Technology > T Technology (General) > Information Technology > Computer software > Mobile Phone Applications > Online dating H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > Relationships
Divisions:	School of Business > BA (Honours) in Psychology
Depositing User:	Tamara Malone
Date Deposited:	31 May 2023 14:35
Last Modified:	31 May 2023 14:35
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/6684

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