000145476 001__ 145476 000145476 005__ 20241030091919.0 000145476 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100505 000145476 0248_ $$2sideral$$a140327 000145476 037__ $$aART-2024-140327 000145476 041__ $$aeng 000145476 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-0252-8610$$aJiménez-Muro, Adriana$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000145476 245__ $$aDating app users: Differences between middle-aged men and women 000145476 260__ $$c2024 000145476 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000145476 5203_ $$aThe scientific literature generated as a result of the appearance and popularization of the use of dating apps still has some important limitations. Among them, the one that has focused particularly on some groups (men who have sex with men, university students) while ignoring others, stands out. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the characteristics of dating app usage in middle-aged heterosexual people, paying special attention to the differences between men and women. A total of 298 heterosexual current dating app users (41.3 % women, 58.7 % men), aged between 25 and 50 years (M = 37.67, SD = 6.99), completed a battery of online questionnaires. Regular and intense use of dating apps was found in middle-aged people. Compared to women, men use more dating apps, have used them for a longer time, use them to a greater extent for casual sex, and for more time per day. It was also found that the time spent on dating apps and having a partner allowed for predicting some behaviors and relationships that arose in the apps. Knowing middle-aged people's dating app usage profiles and the differences between men and women will have relevant implications when designing and implementing preventive strategies and promoting these apps' recreational and responsible use from a gender perspective 000145476 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S31-23R 000145476 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000145476 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000145476 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8640-4097$$aRamos-Villagrasa, Pedro J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000145476 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9813-9507$$aCastro, Ángel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000145476 7102_ $$14009$$2740$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Psicología Social 000145476 7102_ $$14009$$2680$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Person.Eval.Trat.Psicoló. 000145476 773__ $$g24, 4 (2024), 100505 [6 pp.]$$pInt. j. clin. health psychol. (2004)$$tInternational Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology$$x1697-2600 000145476 8564_ $$s528003$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145476/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000145476 8564_ $$s2786400$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145476/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000145476 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:145476$$particulos$$pdriver 000145476 951__ $$a2024-10-30-08:49:13 000145476 980__ $$aARTICLE