The Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS): Development and evaluation of its psychometric properties
The internet has facilitated significant transformations in interpersonal interactions, and offers new possibilities for finding romantic partners through the use of online dating apps. However, as with other technology-based tools, some individuals can develop problematic patterns of dating apps us...
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| description | The internet has facilitated significant transformations in interpersonal interactions, and offers new possibilities for finding romantic partners through the use of online dating apps. However, as with other technology-based tools, some individuals can develop problematic patterns of dating apps use, exhibiting symptoms resembling addiction. Consequently, the aim of the present study was the development of a new psychometric instrument to assess problematic dating apps use, the Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS), and the examination of its psychometric properties. The sample comprised 384 participants (254 females and 130 males; Mage=25.90 years; SD=5.21) who used dating apps daily. They completed an online survey including the PODAUS, Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, Cyber Pornography Addiction Test, Love Addiction Inventory-Short-Form, and Ten‐Item Personality Inventory. The PODAUS showed a one-factor structure with good indications of validity, reliability, and gender measurement invariance. Problematic online dating apps use was significantly associated with problematic social media use, problematic cyberpornography use, love addiction, and three personality traits (i.e., agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness). The PODAUS is a new and succinct self‐report measure that assesses problematic dating apps use, and can be easily used in both research and clinical practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cfc2a03102de4f81887036b5fb0b7f022024-02-09T04:48:32ZengElsevierAddictive Behaviors Reports2352-85322024-06-0119100533The Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS): Development and evaluation of its psychometric propertiesAlessio Gori0Eleonora Topino1Mark D. Griffiths2Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Via di San Salvi 12, Pad. 26, 50135 Florence, Italy; Integrated Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Institute (IPPI), via Ricasoli 32, 50122 Florence, Italy; Corresponding author at: Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Via di San Salvi 12, Pad. 26, 50135 Firenze, Italy.Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University of Rome, Via della Traspontina 21, 00193 Rome, ItalyInternational Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UKThe internet has facilitated significant transformations in interpersonal interactions, and offers new possibilities for finding romantic partners through the use of online dating apps. However, as with other technology-based tools, some individuals can develop problematic patterns of dating apps use, exhibiting symptoms resembling addiction. Consequently, the aim of the present study was the development of a new psychometric instrument to assess problematic dating apps use, the Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS), and the examination of its psychometric properties. The sample comprised 384 participants (254 females and 130 males; Mage=25.90 years; SD=5.21) who used dating apps daily. They completed an online survey including the PODAUS, Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, Cyber Pornography Addiction Test, Love Addiction Inventory-Short-Form, and Ten‐Item Personality Inventory. The PODAUS showed a one-factor structure with good indications of validity, reliability, and gender measurement invariance. Problematic online dating apps use was significantly associated with problematic social media use, problematic cyberpornography use, love addiction, and three personality traits (i.e., agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness). The PODAUS is a new and succinct self‐report measure that assesses problematic dating apps use, and can be easily used in both research and clinical practice.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000105Problematic social media useSocial media addictionAnxious attachmentSelf-esteemFear of missing outFoMO |
| spellingShingle | Alessio Gori Eleonora Topino Mark D. Griffiths The Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS): Development and evaluation of its psychometric properties Addictive Behaviors Reports Problematic social media use Social media addiction Anxious attachment Self-esteem Fear of missing out FoMO |
| title | The Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS): Development and evaluation of its psychometric properties |
| title_full | The Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS): Development and evaluation of its psychometric properties |
| title_fullStr | The Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS): Development and evaluation of its psychometric properties |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS): Development and evaluation of its psychometric properties |
| title_short | The Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS): Development and evaluation of its psychometric properties |
| title_sort | problematic online dating apps use scale podaus development and evaluation of its psychometric properties |
| topic | Problematic social media use Social media addiction Anxious attachment Self-esteem Fear of missing out FoMO |
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