While an extensive scientific literature now exists on the use of online dating services, there are very few studies on user satisfaction with dating apps and with the resulting offline dates. This study aimed to assess the level of satisfaction with Tinder use STU and the level of satisfaction with Tinder offline dates STOD in a sample of adult users of the app. Overall, 1, Tinder users completed an online questionnaire.
A machine learning model was used to rank order predictors from most to least important. On a 4-point scale, participants' mean STU score was 2. The results indicate that satisfaction with dating apps and with resulting offline dates is strongly predicted by participants' age and by their motives for using Tinder enhancement, emotional coping, socialization, finding "true love," or casual sexual partners , whereas the variables negatively associated with satisfaction were those related to psychopathology.
Interestingly, Generally, participants who engage with the app to cope with personal difficulties seem more likely to report higher levels of dissatisfaction, suggesting that dating apps are a poor coping mechanism and highlighting the need to address underlying problems or pathologies that may be driving their use.
Keywords: Tinder; dating app; satisfaction with use. Abstract While an extensive scientific literature now exists on the use of online dating services, there are very few studies on user satisfaction with dating apps and with the resulting offline dates.
