ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2016
Too many swipes for today: The development of the Problematic Tinder Use Scale (PTUS).
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- Problematic Online Dating: Systematic Review of Definitions, Correlates, and Study Designs.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Behind the Screens: A Systematic Literature Review of Quantitative Research on Mobile Dating.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Pooled it
- Dating Apps and Their Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Correlates: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Romeo swipes Juliet left!? Problematic online dating app use and problematic pornography consumption are associated with a weaker sense of existential meaning in romantic love.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Methodological issues in behavioral addictions' research: A call for an unbiased analysis of excessive behaviors.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Review
- Problematic online dating app use and its association with mental and sexual health outcomes in a sample of Men-having-Sex-with-Men.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- From Anxiety to Contentment: The Role of Multiple Mediations and Privacy Concerns in the Transition from the FOMO to the JOMO Among Dating App Users.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Relations of problematic online dating app use with mental and sexual health: a cross-sectional study in Swiss university students.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Compulsive sexual behavior disorder: rates and clinical correlates in a community sample.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Validation of the english assessment of criteria for specific internet-use disorders (ACSID-11) for tinder and online pornography use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS): Development and evaluation of its psychometric properties.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- How much online pornography is too much? A comparison of two theoretically distinct assessment scales.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Online dating: predictors of problematic tinder use.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- The Bumble motivations framework- exploring a dating App's uses by emerging adults in India.Heliyon · 2024Article
- State-Run Dating Apps: Are They Morally Desirable?Philosophy & technology · 2024Article
- Validation of the Polish Problematic Tinder Use Scale and Its Relationship with Safe Sex Behaviors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Willingness to Pay for a Dating App: Psychological Correlates.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Disorders due to addictive behaviors: Further issues, debates, and controversies •.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
- Development and Psychometric Assessment of the Problematic QQ Use Scale among Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background and aims Tinder is a very popular smartphone-based geolocated dating application. The goal of the present study was creating a short Problematic Tinder Use Scale (PTUS). Methods Griffiths' ( 2005 ) six-component model was implemented for covering all components of problematic Tinder use. Confirmatory factor analyses were carried out on a Tinder user sample (N = 430). Results Both the 12- and the 6-item versions were tested. The 6-item unidimensional structure has appropriate reliability and factor structure. No salient demography-related differences were found. Users irrespectively to their relationship status have similar scores on PTUS. Discussion Tinder users deserve the attention of scientific examination considering their large proportion among smartphone users. It is especially true considering the emerging trend of geolocated online dating applications. Conclusions Before PTUS, no prior scale has been created to measure problematic Tinder use. The PTUS is a suitable and reliable measure to assess problematic Tinder use.
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