Abstract
Online dating has become an important resource for building intimate relationships. Similarity and group membership have been found to be as important for online and off-line dating. Research on terror management theory has shown that both factors shield against death anxieties, indicating difficulties for dissimilar and intergroup couples. Yet, no studyso farhas investigated both factors simultaneously after mortality salience (MS). To close this gap, the current study presented German
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Keywords: | Group membership;intimate relationships;mortality salience;online dating;similarity-attraction effect;terror management theory |
Faculties: | Social Sciences > Communication |
Subjects: | 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology |
ISSN: | 0265-4075 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 68769 |
Date Deposited: | 29. Aug 2019, 14:52 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 13:51 |