Social Consequences of Grindr Use: Extending the Internet-Enhanced Self-Disclosure Hypothesis
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Online survey of 274 Grindr users (mean age ~24) measures app intensity (adapted Facebook intensity scale), frequency of intimate self‑disclosure, frequency of sexting, internalized homophobia, and UCLA loneliness. Higher Grindr intensity predicts both intimate disclosure and sexting; intimate disclosure predicts lower internalized homophobia which predicts lower loneliness, producing a small indirect negative effect of use on loneliness. Sexting shows no relation to internalized homophobia or loneliness, a surprising null finding that splits two communication mechanisms on the app.
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