89926 20220120225835.0 doi 10.3390/ijerph17103653 sideral 117679 ART-2020-117679 eng Castro, Ángel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9813-9507 Profiling Dating Apps Users: Sociodemographic and Personality Characteristics 2020 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The development of new technologies, the expansion of the Internet, and the emergence of dating apps (e.g., Tinder, Grindr) in recent years have changed the way to meet and approach potential romantic and/or sexual partners. The recent phenomenon has led to some gaps in the literature on individual differences (sociodemographic variables and personality traits) between users (previous and current users) and non-users of dating apps. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between using dating apps, sociodemographics (gender, age, sexual orientation, and relationship status), and bright and dark personality traits. Participants were 1705 university students (70% women, 30% men), aged between 18 and 26 (M = 20.60, SD = 2.09), who completed several online questionnaires. Through multinomial logistic regression analyses, it was found that men, older youth, and members of sexual minorities were more likely to be current and previous dating apps users. Being single and higher scores in open-mindedness were associated with higher probability to be current dating apps user. The dark personality showed no predictive ability. The discussion highlights the usefulness of knowing and considering the sociodemographic background and the characteristics of personality patterns in the design and implementation of preventive and promotion programs of healthy romantic and sexual relationships to improve people’s better health and well-being. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S31-20D info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/PGC2018-097086-A-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.39 2020 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 41 / 176 = 0.233 2020 Q1 T1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 118 / 272 = 0.434 2020 Q2 T2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 68 / 203 = 0.335 2020 Q2 T2 0.747 2020 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2020 Q2 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2020 Q2 Pollution 2020 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Barrada, Juan Ramón Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6887-6277 Ramos-Villagrasa, Pedro José Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-8640-4097 Fernández del Río, Elena Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9645-8109 4009 740 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicología Social 4009 620 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Metod.Ciencias Comportam. 17, 10 (2020), 3653 [13 pp.] Int. j. environ. res. public health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 1660-4601 335275 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/89926/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 517540 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/89926/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:89926 articulos driver 2022-01-20-22:57:10 ARTICLE