A mere holding effect: Haptic influences on impression formation through mobile dating apps

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Highlights：

• Device haptics may influence relationship initiation via dating apps.

• Influences are proposed for attraction, personhood, ownership of target.

• Device haptics reduce social/task attraction but not physical attraction.

• Device haptics reduce perceived personhood, belonging, self-efficacy.

• Mere holding effect interpreted as inducing false realization of relationship.

摘要

•Device haptics may influence relationship initiation via dating apps.•Influences are proposed for attraction, personhood, ownership of target.•Device haptics reduce social/task attraction but not physical attraction.•Device haptics reduce perceived personhood, belonging, self-efficacy.•Mere holding effect interpreted as inducing false realization of relationship.

论文关键词：Mobile phones,Online dating,Romantic relationships,Haptics,Attraction,Personhood

论文评审过程：Received 13 April 2017, Revised 25 June 2017, Accepted 26 July 2017, Available online 26 July 2017, Version of Record 1 August 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.035