The Name Is the Game: Nicknames as Predictors of Personality and Mating Strategy in Online Dating

The Name Is the Game: Nicknames as Predictors of Personality and Mating Strategy in Online Dating

Objective: We investigated the communicative function of online dating nicknames. Our aim was to assess if it is possible to correctly guess personality traits of a user simply by reading his/her nickname.Method: We had 69 nickname users (average age: 33.59 years, 36 female) complete questionnaires...

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Main Authors:	Benjamin P. Lange, Maximilian T. P. von Andrian-Werburg, Dorothea C. Adler, Eugen Zaretsky
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:	Frontiers in Communication
Subjects:	computer-mediated communication hyperpersonal communication linguistic cues nicknames online dating personality judgments
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcomm.2019.00003/full

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