magistrsko delo
Manca Vorina (Author), Bojan Musil (Mentor)

Abstract

Način iskanja potencialnih romantičnih in spolnih partnerjev ter komunikacija z njimi se je v zadnjih letih korenito spremenila s prihodom aplikacij in spletnih strani za zmenke. Po začetku epidemije virusa covid-19 je Tinder, ki velja za najpopularnejšo aplikacijo za zmenke, postal mesto, kjer je bilo možno spoznavanje novih ljudi, zato so se mnogi posamezniki odpravili tja z namenom, da najdejo potencialnega partnerja ali pa zgolj sogovornika. Vse večja popularnost aplikacij za zmenke nas je navdihnila, da smo raziskati motive uporabnikov kot tudi nekatere njihove osebnostne lastnosti. Na vzorcu 294 udeležencev, od tega 111 uporabnikov aplikacije Tinder in 183 neuporabnikov, smo ugotovili, da moški v primerjavi z ženskami pogosteje uporabljajo aplikacijo Tinder z namenom pridobivanja izkušenj s spolnostjo. V skladu s pričakovanji smo odkrili, da je motiv iskanja razmerja pri uporabnikih Tinderja pozitivno povezan s starostjo. Prav tako smo prišli do spoznanja, da je za uporabnike Tinderja, v primerjavi z neuporabniki, značilna bolj neomejena socioseksualnost. Slednja se je v raziskavi prav tako pokazala kot pomemben napovednik uporabe aplikacije Tinder z namenom pridobivanja izkušenj s spolnostjo. Odkrili pa smo tudi, da socioseksualnost predstavlja mediatorja v odnosu med temno triado in uporabo aplikacije Tinder z namenom pridobivanja izkušenj s spolnostjo. Naša raziskava, ki je ena izmed prvih na tem področju v Sloveniji, nudi poglobljeno razumevanje proučevanih konstruktov in odnosov med njimi, dodano vrednost pa vidimo predvsem v tem, da smo raziskavo izvedli po začetku epidemije virusa covid-19, ko so se pojavile med uporabniki aplikacij za zmenke določene spremembe, ki še niso dobro proučene in nudijo izhodišča za nadaljnje raziskovanje.

Keywords

magistrska dela;Tinder;temna triada;socioseksualnost;motivi;

Data

Language: Slovenian
Year of publishing:
Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization: UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher: [M. Vorina]
UDC: 159.9:[004.738.5:177.6](043.2)
COBISS: 157907459 Link will open in a new window
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Secondary language: English
Secondary title: Motives, Sociosexuality and The Dark Triad of Tinder Users
Secondary abstract: The way we find and communicate with potential romantic and sexual partners has changed radically in recent years with the arrival of dating apps and websites. After the Covid-19 virus epidemic, Tinder, which is considered the most popular dating app, became the place to meet new people, and many individuals went there to find a potential partner or just a conversation. The growing popularity of dating apps inspired us to explore the motivations of users, as well as some of their personality traits. In a sample of 294 participants, 111 Tinder users and 183 non-users, we found that men are more likely to use Tinder for sexual experiences than women. As expected, we found that Tinder users' relationship-seeking motive is positively correlated with age. We also found that Tinder users, compared to non-users, are characterised by more unrestricted sociosexuality. The latter was also found to be a significant predictor of the use of Tinder for sexual experiences. We also found that sociosexuality mediates the relationship between the dark triad and the use of Tinder for sexual experiences. Our study, which is one of the first in this field in Slovenia, provides a deeper understanding of the constructs studied and the relationships between them, and we see added value in the fact that our study was conducted after the start of the Covid-19 epidemic, when certain changes have emerged among dating app users that are not yet well understood and provide a starting point for further research.
Secondary keywords: master theses;Tinder;dark triad;sociosexuality;motives;Spletni zmenki;Psihopatologija;Narcisizem;Spletne aplikacije;Covid-19;Univerzitetna in visokošolska dela;
Type (COBISS): Master's thesis/paper
Thesis comment: Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za psihologijo
Pages: 1 spletni vir (1 datoteka PDF (VIII, 64 str.))
ID: 19237483