99723 20230519145504.0 doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0246350 sideral 123222 ART-2021-123222 eng Barrada, J.R. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6887-6277 Do young dating app users and non-users differ in mating orientations? 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted In 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. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/Building Europe from Aragon info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S31-20D info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/PGC2018-097086-A-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.752 2021 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES 29 / 74 = 0.392 2021 Q2 T2 0.852 2021 Multidisciplinary 2021 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Castro, Á. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9813-9507 Fernández del Río, E. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9645-8109 Ramos-Villagrasa, P.J. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-8640-4097 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. 16, 2 February (2021), e0246350[11 pp] PLoS One PLoS ONE 1932-6203 515684 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/99723/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2291406 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/99723/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:99723 articulos driver 2023-05-18-15:03:16 ARTICLE