1. CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION

This study found that dating app facilitated sexual violence is extremely frequent among college students, with digital sexual harassment being reported by a large majority of dating app users. Receiving sexually explicit images, comments, messages, nude images, or semi-nude images without the recipient’s consent was the highest reported. Most importantly, the study found statistically significant correlations between the frequency of dating app facilitated sexual violence and negative mental health symptoms. Increased experiences of TFSV on dating apps can cause increased symptoms of depression, anxiety, PTSD, greater loneliness, lower selfesteem, and decreased perceived self-control. Future research should focus on how negative and unwanted sexual experiences on dating apps affects young adults’ mental health in the short-term and in the long-term. This research study aims to raise awareness of sexual violence on dating apps, a growing social platform, and note its effects so that better care and support may be available to all victims.

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1 - LITERATURE REVIEW
• CHAPTER 2 - METHODS
• CHAPTER 3 - RESULTS
• CHAPTER 4 - DISCUSSION
• CHAPTER 5 - STRENGTHS, LIMITATIONS, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
• CHAPTER 6 - CONCLUSION
• APPENDIX A - RESEARCH STUDY TABLES
• APPENDIX B - DATING APP USE FIGURES
• APPENDIX C - DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS
• APPENDIX D - TECHNOLOGY FACILITATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE MEASURE
• APPENDIX E - GENERAL SEXUAL VIOLENCE QUESTIONS
• APPENDIX F - POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER MEASURE
• APPENDIX G - DEPRESSION MEASURE
• APPENDIX H - ANXIETY MEASURE
• APPENDIX I - SELF-ESTEEM MEASURE
• APPENDIX J - LONELINESS MEASURE
• APPENDIX K - PERCEIVED SELF-CONTROL MEASURE
• APPENDIX L - MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES PROVIDED
• APPENDIX M - IRB APPROVAL LETTER AND MODIFICATION
• REFERENCES