Psychopathic individuals more tolerant of online dating deception, study finds
A new study reveals that people with psychopathic traits are much more likely to excuse blatant deceptions on dating apps, such as lying about relationship status, age, or even gender.
A recent study published in Behaviour & Information Technology reveals that psychopathic individuals are more tolerant of certain online dating deceptions than the general population. Researchers Olga Bogolyubova, originally affiliated with the University of Malta, surveyed 796 current or former dating-app users and found that people were more accepting of weight deception, with only 37.7% strongly rejecting it.
In the study, participants rated six hypothetical dating-app scenarios involving deception about gender, appearance, weight, socioeconomic status, and relationship status on a seven-point scale. Deception about gender, appearance, and age received the strongest disapproval (93.1%, 90.6%, and 81.6% respectively), while deception about weight garnered the least disapproval (37.7%).
The research also suggests that personality traits, specifically dark personality traits such as psychopathy, may influence judgments about dating-app deceptions.
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