Out of My League: Dating Preferences of Individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder

IF 2.8 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Cognitive Therapy and Research Pub Date : 2024-08-02 DOI:10.1007/s10608-024-10518-5

Talia Shechter Strulov, Eva Gilboa-Schechtman, Idan M. Aderka

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Abstract

Background

Close relationships and especially romantic relationships are paramount to mental and physical health. Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) experience difficulties in forming romantic relationships.

Method

We examined explicit and implicit partner preferences of individuals with (n = 52) and without SAD (n = 52) in a lab-based task that simulates online dating applications.

Results

Consistent with our preregistered hypotheses, individuals with SAD indicated their desire to meet others who were less attractive and less dominant compared to individuals without SAD. In addition, women swiped right in response to profile pictures that were more attractive and more dominant compared to men. Finally, discrepancies between explicit and implicit measures of partner preferences in attractiveness, dominance, and positivity were found.

Conclusions

Our findings expand the understanding of mating selection strategies in SAD and can inform therapeutic interventions for the disorder.

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超出我的能力范围社交焦虑症患者的约会偏好

背景亲密关系，尤其是恋爱关系对身心健康至关重要。方法我们在一项模拟在线约会应用程序的实验室任务中，研究了患有社交焦虑症（SAD）和不患有社交焦虑症（SAD）的人（52 人）对伴侣的显性和隐性偏好。结果与我们预先登记的假设一致，患有社交焦虑症的人表示，与不患有社交焦虑症的人相比，他们希望结识吸引力较低、支配欲较弱的人。此外，与男性相比，女性在看到更具吸引力和更具支配力的个人资料图片时会向右滑动。结论我们的研究结果拓展了人们对 SAD 交配选择策略的理解，并可为该症的治疗干预提供参考。

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Cognitive Therapy and Research PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： Cognitive Therapy and Research (COTR) focuses on the investigation of cognitive processes in human adaptation and adjustment and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). It is an interdisciplinary journal welcoming submissions from diverse areas of psychology, including cognitive, clinical, developmental, experimental, personality, social, learning, affective neuroscience, emotion research, therapy mechanism, and pharmacotherapy.