Ever wonder who uses Internet dating services like Match.com and eHarmony.com? The answer may surprise you. I think, “Well, gee, everybody uses them!” But that’s not the case. There’s a particular psychological profile that researchers have discovered of users of Internet dating services.
The researchers (Kim et al., 2009) surveyed 3,345 people in the U.S., of which 1,588 (47.5 %) were men and 1,757 (52.5 %) were women. Ages ranged from 19 to 89 with a mean of 48 years old. They gathered their data using a number of standardized questionnaires and psychological measures.
The researchers found that people who are more “sociable are more likely to use Internet dating services than are those who are less sociable. This finding challenges the stereotypical profiling ofInternet daters as being just lonely and socially anxious people.”
While that may have not been the case 10 years ago, times have changed and using the Internet as a means of finding a prospective partner is no longer thought of as unusual. The researchers finding in this regard is not unique previous research has come to the same conclusion, so it’s considered a robust research finding. For people who are already sociable, using the Internet as a dating method is just one more tool that they can use.
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This blog was very interesting to read. I received allot of information just out of the first two paragraphs. I can see you know how to use your resources very well and combine the information into your work. I think that you could use a little more description to make it longer and I am sure you will once we have practice how to be more descriptive in our essays. I would like to know what your thoughts are on this topic and how you feel about internet dating. Not because I want to date you over the internet or something, which would be awkward because you are sitting right next to me and you should really just talk like normal people would,lol. But this is the era of technology so I couldn't blame you if you did. I think that this is one of your best blogs yet and I am very interested in reading more.
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