The qualitative exploration of social competencies and incompetencies on mobile dating applications
Journal article
Dredge, Rebecca and Anderson, Joel. (2021). The qualitative exploration of social competencies and incompetencies on mobile dating applications. Personal Relationships. 28(3), pp. 627-651. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12378
Authors | Dredge, Rebecca and Anderson, Joel |
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Abstract | Romantic and sexual relationships are increasingly initiated using mobile dating applications rather than in face-to-face contexts. There is subsequently a need to understand socially competent and incompetent behaviors during this pre-interaction relationship development stage. One-on-one in-depth interviews were conducted with 22 emerging adults from Australia and Belgium. Data were analyzed inductively based on thematic analysis. Participants reported 11 superordinate social competencies represented by 85 competent and 67 incompetent behavioral norms that varied across four stages of online relationship formation (profile, matching, discovery, and evaluation stages). Findings provide a unique contribution to the literature as online social competence has yet to be conceptualized. Comparisons between online and face-to-face relational processes are also discussed. |
Keywords | mobile dating applications; online competence; online dating; relationship initiation; social competence |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Personal Relationships |
Journal citation | 28 (3), pp. 627-651 |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
ISSN | 1350-4126 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12378 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85104277429 |
Page range | 627-651 |
Funder | Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 16 Apr 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 25 Mar 2021 |
Deposited | 07 Sep 2021 |
Grant ID | 12X4520N |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8wvvx/the-qualitative-exploration-of-social-competencies-and-incompetencies-on-mobile-dating-applications
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