Development and validation of the Tinder Motives Scale (TMS)

Timmermans, Elisabeth; Caluw, Elien De

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2017.01.028

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“…Research has begun to uncover motivations for using Tinder, showing that relationship initiation and hook-up for casual sex are not the only objectives. Indeed, motives for Tinder use range from thrill seeking, and self-validation to peer pressure, and passing time (Ranzini and Lutz 2017;Sumter et al 2017;Timmermans and De Caluwé 2017a). These motivations also depend on a host of individual differences, such as age (Sumter et al 2017), sex (Duncan and March 2019;Ranzini and Lutz 2017), disgust sensitivity (Sevi et al 2018), and personality (Timmermans and De Caluwé 2017b).…”

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The Dark Tetrad in Tinder: hook-up app for high psychopathy individuals, and a diverse utilitarian tool for Machiavellians?

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Location-based on-line dating applications are a popular tool for initiating short and long-term relationships. Besides seeking for partners, people use these applications for a myriad of other reasons. We investigated how the Dark Tetrad of personality, controlling for sex, age, and trolling tendencies, related to different motives for using Tinder. Current or former Tinder users (N = 216) completed online scales for Tinder use motivations, trolling, sadism, and the Dark Triad (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy). Using Tinder for acquiring sexual experience was related to being male and being high in psychopathy. Psychopathy was positively correlated with using Tinder to distract oneself from other tasks (e.g., procrastination). Higher Machiavellianism and being female were related to peer pressure as a Tinder use motivation. Using Tinder for acquiring social or flirting skills had a negative relationship with narcissism, and positive relationship with Machiavellianism. Finally, Machiavellianism was also a significant, positive predictor of Tinder use for social approval and to pass the time. Results indicate that individuals high in Machiavellianism use Tinder for a number of utilitarian reasons, whereas the main motive for high psychopathy individuals is hookup for casual sex.

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“…Previous social semiotic studies in gender expressions through visual cues were utilized in order to assist with evaluating the findings. Visual texts such as pictures carry potentials for portraying gender representations (O'Regan, 2006) and Tinder plays a role as a fertile space that allows its users the liberation to assume and subscribe to plethora of visual expressions (MacKee, 2016;Timmermans & De Caluwé, 2017).…”

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“…This study was undergone due limited research studies which attend to the representation of gender in dating application through profile pictures, while similar approach has been done to media in print versions and televised programs (Dhaenens, 2013;Edgar, 2011). Although Timmermans and de Caluwé (2017) studied motivations underlying people's decision to create a Tinder profile, little has been addressed concerning how the users displayed their gender performances, which was where this study gained its novelty.…”

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“…Both studies virtually discuss how media, as institutional agents of social (re)construction, actively alter their consumers' understanding towards gender. Timmermans & De Caluwé (2017) examined inspirations basic people's choice to form a Tinder profile. McLeod and Wright (2016), broadly talking, conclude how dating apps (Tinder and Bumble) administer, permit, but too restrain its users' bidirectional intelligent.…”

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Gender Performance Discourse on Tinder Profile Pictures in London, Uk – A Social Semiotics Study

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Cyclical and bidirectional relationship(s) between technology and today’s romantic gratifications have reformed how people seek romance. On another end, gender performances largely underpin humans’ romantic gratification. This is where Tinder, as a dating application, affords unique opportunities for those seeking romances through portraying gender performances. A number of studies concluded that, in romance-seeking ventures, male’s masculinity and female’s femininity generally remained conformist to their respective biological attributes. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate nuances of gender performances portrayed in dating apps such as Tinder. Since Tinder profile picture, as a form of visual text, is a source rife with gender performance cues, this study focused on the visual component – profile pictures. Profile Picture Protocol (PPP), derived from notable social semiotics frameworks, was established. This study revealed that, albeit a major affinity towards more saturated bright colors in the observed data, color choices in profile pictures were not conclusive to determine gender performatives, mainly due to possible duality in meanings when other elements (body gestures and clothing choices) were taken into consideration. Formal clothing choices were only found in the male group, which was conformist to the previous studies. Foregrounding bodily features was evident in both male and female group’s profile pictures, which indicated that the male group also exuded an element of femininity, which leaned towards contestating the previous findings. Actors’ angles that were frontal as well as eye-level, indicated a need for social closeness and friendliness emulation, were fashionable in both gender groups, which was initially prevalent in the female group. Limitations were put forth. Keywords; profile picture; visual text, social semiotics, gender performance, Tinder ABSTRAK Hubungan siklus dan dua arah antara teknologi dan gratifikasi romantisme dewasa ini telah mengubah cara orang mencari hubungan romansa. Di sisi lain, ekspresi gender umumnya mendukung gratifikasi romantis manusia. Di sinilah Tinder, sebagai aplikasi kencan, memberikan peluang unik bagi mereka yang mencari romansa melalui ekspresi gender. Sejumlah penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa, dalam usaha pencarian romansa, maskulinitas pria dan femininitas wanita umumnya tetap mengikuti atribut biologis masing-masing. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi ekspresi gender yang digambarkan dalam aplikasi kencan seperti Tinder. Karena gambar profil Tinder, sebagai bentuk teks visual, adalah sumber penuh dengan isyarat ekspresi gender, penelitian ini berfokus pada komponen visual - gambar profil. Profile Picture Protocol (PPP), berasal dari kerangka kerja semiotika sosial terkemuka, dikonstruksikan. Studi ini mengungkap bahwa, meskipun memiliki ketertarikan umum terhadap warna-warna cerah yang lebih jenuh pada data yang diamati, pilihan warna dalam gambar profil tidak konklusif untuk menentukan ekspkresi gender, terutama karena kemungkinan dualitas dalam makna ketika elemen lain (gerakan tubuh dan pilihan pakaian) disertakan dalam pertimbangan. Pilihan pakaian formal hanya ditemukan pada kelompok pria, yang sesuai dengan penelitian sebelumnya. Gambaran tubuh terdepan terlihat dalam gambar profil kelompok laki-laki dan perempuan, yang menunjukkan bahwa kelompok laki-laki juga memancarkan unsur feminitas, yang condong ke arah mengontestasi temuan sebelumnya. Sudut para aktor yang frontal maupun setinggi mata, mengindikasikan keinginan atas kedekatan sosial dan emulasi keramahan, yang umum di kedua kelompok gender, yang awalnya lazim di kelompok perempuan. Keterbatasan penelitian disampaikan. Kata Kunci; teks visual, Semiotika Sosial, performa gender, aplikasi berkencan.

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“…Com o aumento da oferta de aplicações de online dating, aumentou também a atenção conferida às mesmas tanto pelos media como pela academia, onde um número crescente de investigadores focaram o seu trabalho em questões tais como: autenticidade (Duguay, 2017), autoapresentação Casimiro, 2014;Vieira, 2017), influência no sexo casual (Choi, Wong, Lo, Wong, Chio e Fong, 2016;Licoppe, Riviére e Morel, 2016) ou motivações (Sumter, Vandenbosch e Ligtenberg, 2016;Timmermans e De Caluwé, 2017;Ranzini e Lutz, 2017).…”

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Lógicas de funcionamento do Tinder. Uma análise da aplicação e das perceções dos utilizadores.

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O número de aplicações de mobile dating tem vindo a aumentar, mas o Tinder goza de um reconhecimento por parte dos utilizadores e de uma visibilidade mediática e estudo científico que o distingue das demais. Porém, ainda não é claro como os diferentes agentes em jogo interagem, nem como as informações dos utilizadores são tratadas e combinadas através da ação dos algoritmos. Na procura de elucidar esses aspetos, este artigo explora como o design, arquitetura e affordances da plataforma estruturam as ações dos utilizadores e, consequentemente, moldam a utilização, questionando de seguida, como as informações e utilização geram determinados resultados através da ação do algoritmo. Para tal, recorreu-se a uma metodologia qualitativa, combinando duas técnicas de recolha de dados o que permitiu, por um lado, uma análise crítica através da identificação das diferentes possibilidades de funcionamento do Tinder e de como é imposto um fluxo de utilização e, por outro, através dos discursos dos utilizadores, compreender como estes interpretam as affordances da aplicação no decorrer da sua utilização. Como principais resultados, verificou-se que parte dos utilizadores não pareciam estar conscientes da presença e ação do algoritmo. Indicaram também que as suas ações estavam condicionadas em diversos momentos da utilização, porém contornavam (alguns) (d)esses condicionantes encontrando novas formas de uso.

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Development and validation of the Tinder Motives Scale (TMS)

Cited by 126 publications

References 24 publications

The Dark Tetrad in Tinder: hook-up app for high psychopathy individuals, and a diverse utilitarian tool for Machiavellians?

The Dark Tetrad in Tinder: hook-up app for high psychopathy individuals, and a diverse utilitarian tool for Machiavellians?

Gender Performance Discourse on Tinder Profile Pictures in London, Uk – A Social Semiotics Study

Lógicas de funcionamento do Tinder. Uma análise da aplicação e das perceções dos utilizadores.

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