000099723 001__ 99723 000099723 005__ 20230519145504.0 000099723 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1371/journal.pone.0246350 000099723 0248_ $$2sideral$$a123222 000099723 037__ $$aART-2021-123222 000099723 041__ $$aeng 000099723 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6887-6277$$aBarrada, J.R.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000099723 245__ $$aDo young dating app users and non-users differ in mating orientations? 000099723 260__ $$c2021 000099723 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000099723 5203_ $$aIn recent years, dating apps have changed the way people meet and communicate with potential romantic and/or sexual partners. There exists a stereotype considering that these apps are used only for casual sex, so those apps would not be an adequate resource to find a long-term relationship. The objective of this study was to analyze possible individual differences in the mating orientations (short-term vs. long-term) between users and non-users of dating apps. Participants were 902 single students from a mid-size Spanish university, of both sexes (63% female, and 37% male), aged between 18 and 26 years (M = 20.34, SD = 2.05), who completed a battery of online questionnaires. It was found that, whereas dating apps users had a higher short-term mating orientation than non-users (more frequent behavior, higher desire, and more positive attitude), there were no differences in the long-term orientation as a function of use/non-use. Considering this, dating apps are a resource with a strong presence of people interested on hooking-up while, simultaneously, not a bad (nor good) option for finding long-term love. 000099723 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/Building Europe from Aragon$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S31-20D$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/PGC2018-097086-A-I00 000099723 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000099723 590__ $$a3.752$$b2021 000099723 592__ $$a0.852$$b2021 000099723 591__ $$aMULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES$$b29 / 74 = 0.392$$c2021$$dQ2$$eT2 000099723 593__ $$aMultidisciplinary$$c2021$$dQ1 000099723 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000099723 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9813-9507$$aCastro, Á.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000099723 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9645-8109$$aFernández del Río, E.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000099723 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8640-4097$$aRamos-Villagrasa, P.J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000099723 7102_ $$14009$$2740$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Psicología Social 000099723 7102_ $$14009$$2620$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Metod.Ciencias Comportam. 000099723 773__ $$g16, 2 February (2021), e0246350[11 pp]$$pPLoS One$$tPLoS ONE$$x1932-6203 000099723 8564_ $$s515684$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/99723/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000099723 8564_ $$s2291406$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/99723/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000099723 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:99723$$particulos$$pdriver 000099723 951__ $$a2023-05-18-15:03:16 000099723 980__ $$aARTICLE