3BES2 - Cabalonga Narona Onate
3BES2 - Cabalonga Narona Onate
RESEARCH PROTOCOL
RESEARCH TOPIC/TITLE Swipe right, swipe left: The moderating role of SOGIE in the
relationship between personality traits and dating app motivations of
selected Filipino young adults
RESEARCH The participants will be 100 young adults that use or used mobile
PARTICIPANTS/LOCALE dating applications. Each participant will be asked to answer questions
through an online survey.
KEYWORDS Dating, young adulthood, dating apps, sexual orientation, expression
(SOGIE)
RESEARCH APPROACH ( )Qualitative (*)Quantitative ( )Mixed-Methods
RESEARCH DESIGN Correlational Study/Correlation Moderation Analysis
RESEARCH FACTORS EXOGENOUS/PREDICTOR Sexual Orientation, Big Five
VARIABLE (IV) Personality Traits
ENDOGENOUS/OUTCOME Dating App Motivations
VARIABLE (DV)
LAYER OF EXPERIENCE NA
MANIPULATIONS NA
INSTRUMENT/S The instruments to be used in this research are the Big Five Inventory
(BFI) and the Dating App Motivation Scale (DAMS).
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH INTERESTS OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
Mark with an “X” all the applicable study themes below that relate to the specializations and/or areas of
interests that your foreseen research project aims to pursue. You may mark more than one area based
on the topic that you are proposing.
BES SPECIALTY AREAS/INTERESTS ALLIED TOPICS
( )Issues, Trends, and Innovations in Human Employee behaviors and dispositions in the
Resources Management Practices workplace, HR policy formulations implications,
Employer-employee relationship issues, etc.
( )Multiculturalism / Cultural Studies concerning Corporate culture, organizational politics,
targeted groups or applications in the workplace intercultural competence, cultural differences,
setting diversity and inclusion, etc.
(X)Gender-specific issues in the society Heteronormativity, LGBTQ Psychology, LGBTQ
issues in the workplace, Power struggles across
gender, LGBTQ issues school setting, etc.
( )Social and Community Relations Initiatives Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts, Helping
communities in distressful situations, Poverty,
Violence-related issues, etc.
( )Green Approaches and Initiatives Environmental Psychology, Workplace architecture,
Environmental-related advocacies linked to behavior
changes, Behavior studies linked to animals, etc.
( )Mental Health and Wellness Status of targeted groups related to mental health
indicators, well-being in different areas of human
The development and promotion of dating applications have changed how young adults meet also associated
with expected romantic and sexual accomplices. In this study, we inspect how dating apps utilization and
motivations correlated to sexual orientation and the big five personality traits among young adults. Hence, the
objective of this study had three goals: to decide the prevalence and qualities of dating apps; to know why
young adults use these apps, to dissect the correlation of demographic variables and the personality traits to
the dating app motivations such as self-worth validation, communication skills, casual sex, trend, and
excitement. An extensive percentage of these users are LGBTQIA+ youthful grown-ups between the ages of
18 to 31 because this social phenomenon is somewhat new, thus, this study has been directed to analyze the
impression that online dating has on youth culture. To respond to these questions, the researchers made for
the participants to complete an online survey. The findings of this study will redound to call an incorporating
point of view on why arising SOGIE plays a role among young adults that use dating applications.
How do Filipino young adults’ sexual orientation and gender identify with the utilization and motivations of
using dating applications?
Do gender and sexual orientation correlate the connections between personality-based predecessors and
Filipino young adults’ decision just as motivations for using dating apps?
There are a number of studies about dating app motivations using the qualitative approach. However, in
this study, the researchers will conduct a Quantitative-focused study with application of correlational
study/correlation moderation analysis. This method will offer a possible relationship between the seuxal
orientation and Big 5 Personality Traits to the dating app motivations of Filipino young adults. An online
questionnaire will be best used for data collection to realistically meet the proposed number of
participants.
It is still unclear as to what reasons LGBTQIA+ individuals have for using dating apps. Thus, this study will
scrutinize the dating app motivations of young adults particularly focusing on the LGBTQIA+ individuals and
their personality traits. The study will contribute to the existing body of knowledge by filling the gap of other
related literature regarding dating app motivation by narrowing down to the demographics of gender and
including personality traits as a variable. Theory on gender socialization (Tolman et al., 2003) highlights that
casual sex motivation of men are stronger than of women. Instead of heterosexuals, LGBTQIA+ will be used to
determine their motivations. As there is no study so far has not explored the motivation of Non-binary identities.
Prior literature highlights that depending on the personality trait and levels of self-esteem influences specific
motivations. (Orosz et al., 2018).
Moreover, dating apps have been suggested to have an adverse effect to an individual’s sexual and personal
life. For example, getting scammed or catfished (Mosley et al., 2020), sexual harrassment and negative effect
INSTRUMENTS
There are two instruments that the researchers intend to use in this study. First one will be the Big Five
Inventory (BFI) which is a self-report scale that determines the personality trait of a person. This test is
based on the Big Five personality Traits theory. The second one will be the Dating Apps Motivation Scale
(Sumter, S. R., & Vandenbosch, L. 2019) which is based on Tinder Motivation Scale Timmermans, E., & De
Caluwé, E. 2017). This instrument will determine the individual’s motivation for using Tinder..
STUDY PROCEDURES
The researchers will use both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics to analyze the foreseen results
of the study. Measures of central tendency, measures of frequency, measures of dispersion, and measures
of position will be used to identify the patterns of the relationship between the dating app motivations,
and sexual orientation and Big 5 Personality Traits. It would also aid in determining the strength of the
relationship between the aforementioned variables of the study. In addition, Pearson r correlation
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FINAL THESIS ADVISER (to be provided/written by the thesis course facilitator/research coordinator):
*A formal letter shall be issued to officialize the assignment of the thesis adviser. This will be issued by
the thesis course facilitator/research coordinator signed and approved by the department
chairperson/coordinator.