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Is Your Relationship Worse Off If You Meet On A Dating App?

Is Your Relationship Worse Off If You Meet On A Dating App?

Update: 2025-09-03
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Are you using dating apps, or in a relationship with someone you met online? 

Well, new global research found that couples who met through a screen aren’t as happy, satisfied, in love, or committed as those who met irl. So what’s going on? 

Dee chats to co-author of the study Adam Bode about their results and unpacks the research further with Associate Professor Gery Keranzas.

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Read the full study here

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Is Your Relationship Worse Off If You Meet On A Dating App?

Is Your Relationship Worse Off If You Meet On A Dating App?

Australian Broadcasting Corporation