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ArticleAddictive behaviors reports2024

The Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS): Development and evaluation of its psychometric properties.

Alessio Gori, Eleonora Topino, Mark D Griffiths

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Article in Addictive behaviors reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alessio GoriDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Via di San Salvi 12, Pad. 26, 50135 Florence, Italy.
Eleonora TopinoDepartment of Human Sciences, LUMSA University of Rome, Via della Traspontina 21, 00193 Rome, Italy.
Mark D GriffithsInternational Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK.
Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta · ITNottingham Trent University · GBUniversity of Florence · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The internet has facilitated significant transformations in interpersonal interactions, and offers new possibilities for finding romantic partners through the use of online dating apps. However, as with other technology-based tools, some individuals can develop problematic patterns of dating apps use, exhibiting symptoms resembling addiction. Consequently, the aim of the present study was the development of a new psychometric instrument to assess problematic dating apps use, the Problematic Online Dating Apps Use Scale (PODAUS), and the examination of its psychometric properties. The sample comprised 384 participants (254 females and 130 males;

Indexed as

Anxious attachmentFear of missing outFoMOProblematic social media useSelf-esteemSocial media addiction

Identifiers

PMID38357528
PMCPMC10864872
OpenAlexW4391708482

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