Who Visits Online Dating Sites? Exploring Some Characteristics of Online Daters

@article{Valkenburg2007WhoVO,
  title={Who Visits Online Dating Sites? Exploring Some Characteristics of Online Daters},
  author={Patti M. Valkenburg and Jochen Peter},
  journal={Cyberpsychology \& behavior : the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and society},
  year={2007},
  volume={10 6},
  pages={
          849-52
        }
}
  • P. Valkenburg, J. Peter
  • Published 17 December 2007
  • Psychology
  • Cyberpsychology & behavior : the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and society
Although online dating has become an important strategy in finding a romantic partner, academic research into the antecedents of online dating is still scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate (a) the demographic predictors of online dating and (b) the validity of two opposite hypotheses that explain users' tendency to use the Internet for online dating: the social compensation and the rich-get-richer hypotheses. We presented 367 single Dutch Internet users between 18 and 60 years old… 
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