Tinder Causes Lower Self-Esteem
Surprise, Surprise. Or rather, no surprise at all. It seems that using dating apps can negatively affect men.
A study that was conducted by the University of North Texas back in June focused on people who use Tinder and the results found that men who used the app had more body issues and lower self-esteem than men who didn’t use the app.
That said, the study was not just conducted on men but with women as well.
Specifically, the study had 1,147 participants. 913 of those participants were women (with 69 having used the app before and 844 who hadn’t). Plus, the study had 234 male participants with 31 having used the app before and 203 having not).
The results from the survey were, unsurprisingly, very negative.
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Male participants who took part in the study in general began to have multiple body issues after the fact. Men would start to dislike their faces and bodies, and they also started to experience similar levels of psychological distress.
Part of the reason for this is the fact that the participants had started to objectify and analyze their bodies as sexual objects instead of just parts of their own being. Participants started comparing themselves to others in higher degrees than in normal everyday activity and internalized this body shaming.
That said, it wasn’t all equal in how the men and women responded in the test as it was found later that men had lower self-esteem than the women after the study.
“Our results suggest that Tinder represents a contemporary medium for appearance pressures and its use is associated with a variety of negative perceptions about body and self and with increases in individuals’ likelihood to internalize appearance ideals and make comparisons to others.”
h/t: Queerty
