extremes of online interpersonal relationships brian coleman angela lutheran april 19 2012
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Extremes of Online Interpersonal Relationships
Brian ColemanAngela Lutheran
April 19 2012
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Survey Design
• Taken from Pew Internet surveys– Princeton University
• Maximal 55 questions*• Question Style– Yes or no– Likert scale– Dimensional analysis
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Survey Participants
37%
41%
8%
7% 2%
3% 2%
Age Range
15-2021-2526-3031-3536-4041-4546-50
• Not Compensated• Anonymous honesty
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Race
79
8 3 1
Caucasian
African American
Asian
Multiracial
By # out of 91 Total Participants
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Gender Orientation Demographics
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Extremes via Survey
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Linking Research & our Participants
“Holds more weight with age”
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Other Interesting Outlier
• Sexual Orientation & Exploration– Male– Prefers Men– Is married– Identifies as heterosexual– Somewhat agreed that some
people who use online dating lie about whether they are married
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Correlation between Responses?
Ross M. (2005) found that even TRUST and INTIMACY are heightened when communicating online versus face to face.
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Characteristics of the Sex Extreme
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Consistent with Other Researchers
VS. Romantic seeker as examined in Bauermeister, Leslie-Santana, Johns, & Pingel’s (2010)
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Strengths of Survey
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Limitations of Survey
1. Large Sample Size2. Internal Validity for Constructs
3. Longitudinal comparison 4. Further information from outliers
LACKS:
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Conclusion
• Our survey addressed not only extremes of online interpersonal relationships
• But also, contained outliers that have been backed by psychological literature
• As with every experiment, this study can be replicated and improved to produce stronger results and to gain new insight