scholarly journals The mediation of matchmaking: a comparative study of gender and generational preference in online dating websites and offline blind date markets in Chengdu

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Rose Kirk ◽  
Shriyam Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Parental Influences ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Individual Preferences ◽  
Matching Process ◽  
Parental Preferences ◽  
Unique Dataset

AbstractOnline dating has modernized traditional partner search methods, allowing individuals to seek a partner that aligns with their preferences for attributes such as age, height, location, or education. Yet traditional forms of partner selection still exist, with continued parental involvement in the matching process. In this paper, we exploit different matchmaking methods with varying degrees of youth autonomy versus parental involvement. We use a unique dataset collected in Chengdu, China, where profiles from the blind date market (n = 158) capture parental preferences and profiles from an online dating website (n = 500) capture individual preferences. Regarding gender, we find that men generally display a desire for women younger, shorter, and less educated than themselves, while women desire older and taller men of the same education as themselves. With regards to parental influences, we find parents specify a narrower range of accepted partner attributes. Further, we find an interaction effect between gender and generational influences: the preferences of parents advertising their daughters on the blind date market show a greater discrepancy in attribute preferences to the online daters than parents advertising their sons.

scholarly journals Consumo de alcohol, tabaco, cannabis y otras drogas en la adolescencia: efectos de la familia y el barrio [Use of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drugs in adolescence: Effects of family and neighborhood]

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
María C. Fuentes ◽  
Antonio Alarcón ◽  
Fernando García ◽  
Enrique Gracia
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Neighborhood Risk ◽  
Main Effects

The aim of this study was to analyze the protective or risk factors of parental educational styles for the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drugs, considering the interaction of parenting styles with the dangerousness of the neighborhood. Based on the responses of 628 adolescents, 369 females (58.8%) and 259 males (41.2%) between 15 and 17 years old (<em>M</em> = 16.03 years old, <em>SD</em> = 0.79 years old), families were classified according to their educational style (authoritative, indulgent, authoritarian or neglectful) and their level of perceived neighborhood risk (high or low). Results showed no interaction effect; however, main effects of educational styles and perceived neighborhood risk were obtained. Adolescents from indulgent families showed the lowest consumption in the substances evaluated, while those from authoritative, authoritarian and neglectful families showed the highest consumption. Moreover, adolescents from high-risk neighborhoods obtained the highest consumption. Indulgent educational style, acting primarily through affection and not imposition, works as a protective factor regardless of the danger in the neighborhood. The importance of encouraging this parental performance in prevention and intervention programs is highlighted, promoting specific educational strategies to improve affection, communication and parental involvement.

Exploring How Beliefs About Algorithms Shape (Offline) Success in Online Dating: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Investigation

2020 ◽  
pp. 009365021989693
Author(s):  
Liesel L. Sharabi
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
Matching Process ◽  
Longitudinal Investigation ◽  
Longitudinal Survey Data ◽  
People’S Perceptions

Matching algorithms are a central feature of online dating, yet little research exists on their effectiveness—or people’s perceptions of their effectiveness—for recommending a mate. Accordingly, this study explores the effects of people’s beliefs in the legitimacy of algorithms on their first date with an online dating partner. Longitudinal survey data were collected from online dating participants leading up to and following the first date. Findings suggested that whether algorithms actually worked mattered less than whether participants had the perception that they worked for finding a partner. Moreover, participants reported better first dates to the extent that they believed in the efficacy of the compatibility matching process. The results have implications for understanding the role of algorithms in shaping relationship success on and off the internet.

OESTROGEN – ANTI-OESTROGEN INTERACTION: EFFECT OF U11100A, MRL-41 (CLOMIPHENE) AND U11555A ON OESTROGEN INDUCED UTERINE GLYCOGEN AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN THE RAT DURING DELAYED IMPLANTATION

1969 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suresh Mohla ◽  
M. R. N. Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Mode Of Action ◽  
Biochemical Changes ◽  
Delayed Implantation ◽  
Receptor Sites ◽  
Made In

ABSTRACT A comparative study of three non-steroidal anti-oestrogens (a dihydronaphthalene, UlllOOA; a diphenylindene derivative, U-11555A and MRL-41 (clomiphene) was made in order to study their mode of action and their interaction with oestrogen induced biochemical changes in the uterus. Pretreatment with UlllOOA, clomiphene or U11555A effectively blocked the oestrogen induced increase in uterine glycogen and protein synthesis. However, all the three compounds tested were found to be uterotrophic; clomiphene also increased uterine glycogen while U11555A showed a transient oestrogenic action in increasing uterine protein. Clomiphene and U11100A have been shown to inhibit the uptake of oestrogen at the receptor sites. Our results may be interpreted as indicating that pretreatment with these compounds (U11100A, clomiphene or U11555A) blocked the uterine receptor sites in such a manner so as to render ineffective the action of oestrogen administered subsequently.

scholarly journals Peer Aggression and Sexual Harassment among Young Adolescents in a School Context: A Comparative Study between Finland and Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-221
Author(s):  
Isik Zeliha Ulubas-Varpula ◽  
Kaj Björkqvist
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
School Context ◽  
Indirect Aggression ◽  
Peer Aggression ◽  
Young Adolescents ◽  
Cyber Aggression

The study investigates peer aggression and sexual harassment among young adolescents in Finland and Turkey. Sex differences and the interaction effect between country of residence and sex are also examined. A questionnaire was completed by 1,747 adolescents (1, 268 from Finland, 479 from Turkey, Mage = 14.1). Six different forms of aggression (physical, verbal, indirect, cyber, verbal sexual harassment, physical sexual harassment) were examined. More adolescents from Turkey, and more boys, were found to be involved in aggression as both victims and perpetrators compared to adolescents from Finland and girls. The interaction effect was significant between country of residence and sex with being a boy from Turkey was related to having the highest involvement in cyber aggression, verbal sexual harassment, and physical sexual harassment, as both victim and perpetrator. Regarding victimization from indirect aggression, girls from Finland scored higher than Turkish girls, while boys from Turkey scored higher than Finnish boys.

Partner Type Attitudes of Parents and Adolescents: Understanding the Decline in Transnational Partnerships among Turkish Migrants in Flanders

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1078-1106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelie Van Pottelberge ◽  
Emilien Dupont ◽  
Frank Caestecker ◽  
Bart Van de Putte ◽  
John Lievens
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Partner Selection ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Turkish Migrants ◽  
Parental Preferences

This article describes an unprecedented decline in transnational partnerships among Turkish migrants in Flanders, using population data on all marriages between 2001 and 2008. Studying parental preferences regarding partner selection, we examine attitudinal mechanisms behind this decline. Based on a representative survey, our first result is that (direct) parental involvement in partner selection is lower among the more recent marriage cohorts. Second, parents and adolescents have moved away from a focus on the origin country in partner selection, while ethnic homogamy remains preferred. Third, openness toward mixed partnerships is found among a small but salient proportion of parents and associated with the religious attendance of male parents. We conclude that an attitudinal shift has occurred from a focus on the origin country to an orientation toward the local (ethnic) community. This decline in transnational partnerships is more a product of intense attitudinal change than a reflection of a policy change in the direction of discouraging partner migration and has implications for the integration and demographic characteristics of Turkish ethnic minorities in Flemish society. Additionally, international migration patterns are affected as the character of long-lasting migration from Turkey to Europe is changing and partner migration, one of the most accessible channels to enter Europe, is rapidly decreasing.

scholarly journals Intergenerational mobility in the very long run: Florence 1427-2011

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guglielmo Barone ◽  
Sauro Mocetti
Keyword(s):  
Intergenerational Mobility ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Matching Process ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Preindustrial Society ◽  
Italian City ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Multigenerational Effects ◽  
Unique Dataset

Abstract We examine intergenerational mobility in the very long run, across generations that are six centuries apart. We exploit a unique dataset containing detailed information at the individual level for all people living in the Italian city of Florence in 1427. These individuals have been associated, using their surnames, with their pseudo-descendants living in Florence in 2011. We find that long-run earnings elasticity is about 0.04; we also find an even stronger role for real wealth inheritance and evidence of persistence in belonging to certain elite occupations. Our results are confirmed when we account for the quality of the pseudo-links and when we address the potential selectivity bias behind the matching process. Finally, we frame our results within the existing evidence and argue that the quasi-immobility of preindustrial society and the existence of multigenerational effects might explain the long-lasting effects of ancestors’ socioeconomic status.

scholarly journals Analysis of the questionnaire of preschool parental involvement with an aid of Rush ranking model

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
I.V. Antipkina
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
School Psychologists ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
International Comparative Study ◽  
Ranking Model ◽  
International Comparative

The paper presents a procedure for analysis and improvement of the questionnaire of preschool parental involvement, created on the basis of the questionnaire for parents and designed for the international comparative study TIMSS-PIRLS 2011. The article introduces a detailed description of methodology of analysiswith the reference to one of Rush’s rating scales (RSM). The article shows the characteristics of modified scales. It describes the levels of preschool parental involvement and makes it possible to use this scale in work of researchers and school psychologists.

scholarly journals Online Exogamy Reconsidered: Estimating the Internet’s Effects on Racial, Educational, Religious, Political and Age Assortative Mating

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben J. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Population Level ◽  
The Internet ◽  
College Degree ◽  
Clear Effect ◽  
Online Sources ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Unique Dataset

Increases in the rates of interracial and interreligious couples within the U.S. have occurred seemingly in tandem with the rise of the Internet and online dating, but the evidence connecting online sources of romance and couple heterogeneity have been limited and mixed. Using a unique dataset collected in 2009 and again in 2017 on how U.S. couples met, and controlling for the diversity of their local geographies, I find that couples who met online are more likely to be interracial, interreligious, and of different college degree status, but also more similar in age. These differences can vary by where on the Internet couples met, with online dating websites and apps showing a clear effect on increased age assortativity, while other online sources of partners do not. Population-level estimates suggests that only a small part of the recent changes in couple diversity can be directly attributed to couples meeting online, but there is the potential for more Internet-induced change if it becomes the primary source of romantic introductions.

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