(CN) Love will conquer all even the dating app scene. Contrary to prognostications that dating apps would render relationships into uncommitted commodities, researchers from the University of Geneva found the digital matchmaking tools actually form more diverse couples than singles who meet through offline networks.
“The internet is profoundly transforming the dynamics of how people meet,” explained lead author Gina Potarca, a researcher at the University of Geneva’s Institute of Demography and Socioeconomics, in a statement accompanying the study. “It provides an unprecedented abundance of meeting opportunities, and involves minimal effort and no third-party intervention.”
Noting abundant anecdotal claims that dating apps would set off a “dating apocalypse” and reduce singles into “sexual freelancers,” Potarca added, “Large parts of the media claim they have a negative impact on the quality of relationships since they render people incapable of investing in
Dating apps foster long-term, satisfying relationships, study finds
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Dating apps and web sites, including Tinder, don t negatively impact the quality of relationships they initiate, a new study has found. Photo by solenfeyissa/Pixabay
Dec. 30 (UPI) Dating app users are more likely to find lasting love than fleeting relationships, according to a study published Wednesday by the journal PLOS ONE.
Based on data from a 2018 survey of dating app users in Switzerland, app-formed couples have stronger cohabitation intentions than couples who meet offline, the researchers said.
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In addition, partners who met via dating apps express the same level of satisfaction about their relationship as other couples, and are more diverse in terms of educational and geographic background, according to the researchers.