Carragher, Nicholas;
(2025)
Swiping, Stress, and Security:
Attachment and Sexuality in Digital Dating.
Doctoral thesis (D.Clin.Psy), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This thesis explores how sexual minority status influences relationships between adult attachment and online dating app use. Part One: Conceptual Introduction – The conceptual introduction considers key concepts addressed in the empirical paper. Literature evaluating and integrating sexuality, attachment theory, and online dating is reviewed. The evaluation and application of existing literature resulted in a moderation effect of sexual minority status on the associations between adult attachment and dating app behaviours being proposed. Part Two: Empirical Paper – The empirical paper quantitatively assesses whether sexual minority status moderates links between attachment anxiety / avoidance and dating app use. A series of regression analyses explored these relationships. Results are reported and discussed in their theoretical context, with some suggestions for the direction of possible future research. This was a joint project with Amber Korde (DClinPsy, 2025). The contributions of the authors are summarised in Appendix 4. Part Three: Critical Appraisal – The critical appraisal adopts a reflective stance to discuss experiences learned through this process of research development and design.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | D.Clin.Psy |
| Title: | Swiping, Stress, and Security: Attachment and Sexuality in Digital Dating |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2025. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10213226 |
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