Add to ORKGThe paradox of modern dating is that online platforms provide more opportunities to find a romantic partner than ever before, but people are nevertheless more likely to be single. We hypothesized the existence of a rejection mind-set: The continued access to virtually unlimited potential partners makes people more pessimistic and rejecting. Across three studies, participants immediately started to reject more hypothetical and actual partners when dating online, cumulating on average in a decrease of 27% in chance on acceptance from the first to the last partner option. This was explained by an overall decline in satisfaction with pictures and perceived dating success. For women, the rejection mind-set also resulted in a decreasing likelihoo...
The present work explores the hostile tendencies elicited by romantic rejection in the increasingly ...
Previous research has demonstrated that an increasing selection of choice, although perceived as mor...
The study discussed here sought to explore the relationship between family dynamics in adolescence, ...
The paradox of modern dating is that online platforms provide more opportunities to find a romantic ...
We tested the existence of a rejection mind-set in online dating across three studies. In Study 1, w...
Individuals high in rejection sensitivity have a lower rates of dating success and a lower probabili...
Abstract The study of human strategies for mate choice has recently developed to take into account ...
Prior research suggests that rejection sensitive individuals may find it easier to express their tru...
Prior research (Blackhart et al., 2014) found that rejection-sensitive individuals are more likely t...
textWith the capacity to connect millions of singles through the virtual world, online matchmaking h...
Prior research has found a connection between dispositional factors such as rejection sensitivity an...
Humans have a strong evolutionary predisposition to prefer the physically attractive. Physical attra...
Technologies are meant to enable us to contact more people, more often, and in this way “network” wi...
The study of human mate preferences has flourished over recent years, in large part thanks to the im...
This experiment was designed to fill the gap in research concerning the relationship between decisi...
The present work explores the hostile tendencies elicited by romantic rejection in the increasingly ...
Previous research has demonstrated that an increasing selection of choice, although perceived as mor...
The study discussed here sought to explore the relationship between family dynamics in adolescence, ...
The paradox of modern dating is that online platforms provide more opportunities to find a romantic ...
We tested the existence of a rejection mind-set in online dating across three studies. In Study 1, w...
Individuals high in rejection sensitivity have a lower rates of dating success and a lower probabili...
Abstract The study of human strategies for mate choice has recently developed to take into account ...
Prior research suggests that rejection sensitive individuals may find it easier to express their tru...
Prior research (Blackhart et al., 2014) found that rejection-sensitive individuals are more likely t...
textWith the capacity to connect millions of singles through the virtual world, online matchmaking h...
Prior research has found a connection between dispositional factors such as rejection sensitivity an...
Humans have a strong evolutionary predisposition to prefer the physically attractive. Physical attra...
Technologies are meant to enable us to contact more people, more often, and in this way “network” wi...
The study of human mate preferences has flourished over recent years, in large part thanks to the im...
This experiment was designed to fill the gap in research concerning the relationship between decisi...
The present work explores the hostile tendencies elicited by romantic rejection in the increasingly ...
Previous research has demonstrated that an increasing selection of choice, although perceived as mor...
The study discussed here sought to explore the relationship between family dynamics in adolescence, ...