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by Chan Shun Hang. / Chinese title in romanization: Gu tao ci he fu shi zhi ruo shi guang jian ding you duan dai fa di yan jiu. / Thesis (M.Ph.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 120-122.

Using the internet to meet dating partners is increasingly popular and may have ramifications that are not yet fully realized. Although many dating sites have been operating for years, new online dating platforms continue to draw millions of new users. By using a large sample of people who use online dating platforms (n=1,286) we identified similarities and differences in what motivates people to use geosocial apps and dating sites. Motivations previously considered in the literature were supported and brought together in a single theory driven confirmatory factor analysis for each type of dating platform. A motivation to seek amusement was a latent factor unique to geosocial app use. Implications for researchers, clinicians, and dating platform users and developers may include helping users be better matched to others who have similar motivations to improve the online dating experience.

Prior research has found a connection between dispositional factors such as rejection sensitivity and introversion and online dating behaviors including likelihood of use (Blackhart et al., 2014) and experience of use (Finkel et al., 2012; Whitty, 2008). The present study expands upon prior research to examine the relationship between these dispositional factors, and the impact of the possibility of explicit rejection on self-disclosure in participant-created dating app profiles. Adults between the ages of 18 and 60 will be introduced to an online dating app manipulated to contain either high or low potential for obvious rejection. Participants will then be asked to create a personal online profile. Participant perceptions of their own self-disclosure in the self-created profile as well as their disposition (introversion and rejection sensitivity) will be measured. It is hypothesized that rejection sensitive individuals as well as those rating lower in extraversion will report higher levels of self-disclosure in a non-explicit rejection dating app setting in comparison to an explicit rejection setting. The present research has implications for the field’s understanding of the experience of online dating app use for individuals as related to varying dispositional factors.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-154).

Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, 2008. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves ).

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-81).

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University, 2000. / Electronic thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-81). Also available in print ed.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. / On title page, [heart] is represented by a graphic art symbol. Open access. Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-44).

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