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Cognitive Therapy and Research
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02-08-2024 | Original Article

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

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

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 2/2025

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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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Specifically, we asked raters “How attractive is the person in the picture?” and presented a scale of -5 to + 5 with − 5 labelled as “not attractive at all”, + 5 labelled as “very attractive”, and 0 labelled as “average”. We similarly asked raters “How dominant and confident does the person in the picture look?” and presented a scale of -5 to + 5 with − 5 labelled as “submissive or insecure”, + 5 labelled as “dominant or confident”, and 0 labelled as “average”. We also asked raters “How positive does the person in the picture look?” and presented a scale of -5 to + 5 with − 5 labelled as “very negative or sad”, + 5 labelled as “very positive or happy”, and 0 labelled as “neutral”. Finally, we asked raters “How sociable and friendly does the person in the picture look?” and presented a scale of -5 to + 5 with − 5 labelled as “Not sociable or friendly at all”, + 5 labelled as “very sociable or friendly”, and 0 labelled as “average”.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Out of My League: Dating Preferences of Individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder
Auteurs
Talia Shechter Strulov
Eva Gilboa-Schechtman
Idan M. Aderka
Publicatiedatum
02-08-2024
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 2/2025
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10518-5

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