Dating

A beautified profile picture on a dating website could make others judge you to be less trustworthy -- at least if you're a woman. A study of 305 participants found that men who viewed enhanced photos of women judged them...

New research in the journal Personal Relationships investigates the dating behaviors of single parents in the United States. The study of 747 single parents with dependent-age children found that a majority of them (62.2%) were not actively dating but many...

Narcissists and psychopaths may have more dating success than others, according to a recent study published in European Journal of Personality. The study used speed dating to examine the effect of the three “Dark Triad” (DT) personality traits (explained below)...

Online daters are more interested in potential partners who are emotionally responsive but relatively physically unattractive when they have first read the profiles of ones who are emotionally unresponsive, according to results of a forthcoming study in the Journal of...

Depressed people have greater chances of rejection in a dating context, because their unhappiness puts potential romantic partners in a less happy mood, according to a study published in Clinical Psychological Science. Social isolation is a major factor contributing to...