Meeting expectations: The effects of expectations on self-esteem following the construction of a dating profile

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Highlights：

• The current study focuses on romantic self-esteem in an online dating context.

• Expectations about the mode of a subsequent interaction impacted self-esteem.

• Expecting CMC resulted in higher self-esteem than expecting a FtF meeting.

• The effect was mediated by expectations about the impression the profile would make.

摘要

•The current study focuses on romantic self-esteem in an online dating context.•Expectations about the mode of a subsequent interaction impacted self-esteem.•Expecting CMC resulted in higher self-esteem than expecting a FtF meeting.•The effect was mediated by expectations about the impression the profile would make.

论文关键词：Online self-presentation,Impression management,Self-esteem,Online dating,Computer-mediated communication,Mode-switching

论文评审过程：Received 10 November 2015, Revised 18 March 2016, Accepted 19 March 2016, Available online 31 March 2016, Version of Record 31 March 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.061