Psychological Perspectives on Online Dating: A Literature Review

This assignment presents a literature review on the psychology of online dating, a growing phenomenon among youth. It explores how individuals use online platforms to form connections, focusing on the psychological factors influencing partner selection and relationship development. The review examines the comfort and convenience offered by online interactions, the potential for deception, and the impact on self-disclosure and emotional needs. It also addresses the significance of online dating for individuals seeking companionship and the potential research gaps in understanding the complexities of online dating behaviors. The proposed research methodology involves non-random sampling with qualitative and quantitative data collection through questionnaires and experimental scenarios to provide a comprehensive analysis of the psychological aspects of online dating.

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Table of Contents
TITLE .............................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
AIMS................................................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3
SIGNIFICANE AND CONTRIBUTION........................................................................................4
PROPOSED RESEARCH METHODLOGY..................................................................................5
SCOPE AND PROBLEM...............................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

TITLE
Psychology of online dating
INTRODUCTION
Online dating or Internet dating has become a traditional phenomenon among youth.
Several people used to spend more time on the internet to develop a new connection with
someone. Usually, online dating is based on the chat in which two people used to chat without
any face-to-face interaction (Jones and et al., 2018). The background of topic is completely
based on the advancement among technology and due to this people become alone and follow
the aspect of loneliness life. While taking this context in contrast, the concept of online dating is
introduced in the modern world where people used to interact new people with their mobile
phone and other. This help individual to find their life partner and it help to generate a
compassion among youth and this change into trending where everyone follows this trend to
meet new people. In this, they used to discuss and share them with the help of talking. It is a
unique method, and several people used to take positive aspects because it is helpful to build
confidence while chatting compared with face-to-face interaction and communication. Generally,
the profile is usually provided by individuals, and they upload their information such as hobbies
and activities. However, these hobbies and activities match with any other than they are used to
chat. On online dating apps, people can speak to people they like, and there are criteria of
locations based on which people get to connect. So, the psychology behind online dating denotes
the zone of comfortability and choose partner which is matched and has the same purpose and
aim. In this, it is easy to meet new people and provide an aspect to make understanding better
and appropriate.
AIMS
This study aims to investigate the psychological aspect of online dating among people.
Many individuals are indulging in online dating app usage and are getting connected with new
people. However, online dating is appropriate and reliable for choosing a partner in the modern
world. Youth psychology is to know about the new partner (Qi Zhang et al., 2018).
LITERATURE REVIEW
Internet or online dating is defined as a modern tool for meeting new people and
searching for partners as per their perspective. In this, online dating has become more popular

because it allows people to present themselves in the world. They aim to get to know a new
partner. Moreover, the operation and process related to online dating allow people to explore
themselves. Some people do not disclose their identity, enabling them to get free from fear of
judgment.
Moreover, various psychological perspectives make positive and negative sense while
exploring internet dating or online dating. Some aspects, such as when thinking of online dating
applications and websites, are few related to the level of deception (Duncan and et al., 2019).
Moreover, few individuals used to deceive other people in such a way that usually sounds more
appealing.
The online dating or relationship which is developed through the source of the internet
have various magnitude. The anonymity of people in the internet field allows them to make
connections across several demographics for people to fulfill their emotional needs.
Moreover, these types of relationships sometimes become extra-marital affairs. Still, it is much
needed by single people to enable the sharing of common interests to others in their dating
profiles. In this, people are used to showing a high level of the degree associated with self-
disclosure, particularly in the region of sexual preferences with their predicated interest. In this,
some of the psychological vision achieved during the dating based on online mode provide
people to disclose themselves in such a level to force someone to accept them. The true self is
the most loyal and honest part of the individual who is not free and tends to open their view and
express indirect world communication. Some of the negative aspects of people who analyze that
some of the individual users participate online dating do affairs. People who meet on the internet
ignore their roles and responsibilities and relationships with the issue and problem existing
relationship. They usually focus by generating energy on their online affairs (Hancock and et al.,
2017).
SIGNIFICANCE AND CONTRIBUTION
The available literature is on the psychology of online dating is designed in such a way
which is helpful to understand the people about the real meaning of internet dating. Some people
use online dating on favourable terms to search partner compatibility by sharing their profiles
and meeting new people in the chatbox. It is helpful for the single and those who willingly used
to search and identify a partner with their serious concern than preferred online dating. In this,
there are some of research gap is identified due the selection of people. Basically, the normal

psychology of people for the online dating is to make new friend and life partner. With the gap is
identified when the hindrance is occurring in the people thought about the application and other
people who is using such kind of dating website for choosing their life partner. They used to
meet people from other cultures and demographics regions or places. Moreover, online dating is
a faceless process where people share their thoughts and try to build a connection with the chat
by matching. The proposed study's contribution to the psychological perspective with
accumulative research provides the core fact with online dating psychology. There are several
people with several behaviour and they act according to their behavior in their chatting and
dating, which is based in online mode (Lemke et al., 2017).
PROPOSED RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The proposed study on the psychology of online dating will use random sampling
because online dating is made trend on the current generation with the age group of 16 to 22 who
used to follow the internet dating to meet new people (Cross and et al., 2018). In this, the internet
is usually used by those who is falling the age of 16 to 25 for their different purpose. Moreover,
with these age group they technically follow new trend in order to explore so they use online
dating application and website in order to meet people and share their thought which is based on
different factors with their interest in the chat rooms. So, non-random sampling is appropriate
method to quantify the research method. In this, the qualitative and quantitative data are used to
conduct the proper and appropriate research functions. As per this, the non-random sampling
allows the research to be more specific for the context of gender and age. In this, they majorly
follow the qualitative method to provide the morphological viewpoint because the topic is based
on psychology, so in this hypothetical data is derived which is suitable with the term of
psychology. The anatomical view plays a vital role in the development of core factor with the
quantitative method because it helps to provide some of numerical data which may b graph,
figure, and facts that act as evidence for the topic. In this, interviews are being conducted with
the help of a questionnaire and experimental scenario, which is predicated and provides core
justification to follow the research method (Shapiro et al., 2017).
SCOPE AND PROBLEM
The study will focus on the psychology of online dating among the population.
Moreover, the study will use a non-random sampling method and experimental design that
follow up the method and provide accurate data to clarify the core value and use of online dating

application and their websites. The limitation of this research is that it is completely based on the
perception of individual whether they involve with other with serious mode or not. As per this,
they do not meet people face to face, this act as limitation. With applied knowledge other
complication which create limitation in this is due to the fake profile and other individual who
consequently using this online dating app as a fun can create issue with other who is related with
them. The mental health issue also involves with such kind of behaviour which is occur at the
present time. The proposed study shows the significance of various matters that help understand
people's normal perception of the use of internet dating. In this, while researching this topic, the
researcher will analyse the broad scenario by making compatibility and comparison with the
other group that uses internet dating for their satisfaction.

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Lemke and et al., 2017. That man behind the curtain: Investigating the sexual online dating
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Burke Draucker and et. al., 2019. A feasibility test of an online intervention to prevention dating
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Online
The Psychology of Internet Dating, 2020 [Online] Available through;
<http://webspace.ship.edu/jacamp/psyberpsych/dating/Index.htm>
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