A survey of nearly 500 adults used questionnaires measuring personality traits, behaviours, and dating app use. Men who reported more sexual encounters via dating apps tended to score higher on psychopathy. About 31 percent of participants reported previously going on a date via Tinder or a similar app, with no significant gender difference in dating app use. Two-thirds of participants who reported having sex with someone met online were men. Higher psychopathy scores in men correlated with greater promiscuity and sexual desire, linking psychopathy to exploitative tendencies, short-term mating success, impulsivity, and lack of empathy.
Analysis revealed that men who reported having more sex through dating apps were likely to score higher in psychopathy. The researchers, from the Hochschule Döpfer University of Applied Sciences in Germany, warned this behaviour could reflect exploitative tendencies and an ability to target vulnerable individuals. 'Individuals with a faster life strategy, particularly men high in psychopathy and sexual desires, report more mating success via dating apps,' they said.
Overall, two-thirds of those who said they had bedded someone from a dating app were men, the researchers found. Promiscuous men were also more likely to score higher in psychopathy. This personality trait is characterised by callousness, a lack of empathy and remorse, superficial charm and manipulation. It is also linked to impulsivity and recklessness, as well as an inflated sense of own importance.
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