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04/06/2013
A new study has revealed that people who find the love of their life online are more likely to have a happier and longer marriage.
This compares to couples who have meet through more traditional means, Female First has said.
Psychologists from Chicago University studied almost 20,000 people who had married between 2005 and 2012 and asked them a number of questions about their happiness.
Just over a third of participants had met their spouse online, with around half of those using internet dating and the rest via chat rooms and social networking sites, and discovered that a relationship started online was 25% less likely to end in divorce or separation then those that began through friends or chance. Researchers explained that this could be down to a higher motivation to find love among internet daters and the efforts that websites put in to match partners. Of the 'online' couples who were still married, they were also found to be happier, as opposed to relationships that began through work, in a bar or club or on a blind date. These couples were also among the least satisfied, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reported.
Professor John Cacioppo, who led the study, said the large number of available potential partners online could be among the reasons for the results.
Previous research has highlighted that those who use online dating sites are more likely to see their partner again after a first meeting because they share more information about themselves online.
The study, which was commissioned by matchmaking company eHarmony, does not just apply to the US, Mr Cacioppo added.
According to figures, UK singletons are Europe’s most prolific internet daters, with more than 5.7 million people logging onto internet dating sites in September 2012. This was a 22% increase on the same month a year previously, according to comScore.
The websites were most popular among the 25 to 34 age group, but are becoming increasingly attractive to the older generation.
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Couples Who Find Love Online 'Are Happier'
A new study has revealed that people who find the love of their life online are more likely to have a happier and longer marriage.
This compares to couples who have meet through more traditional means, Female First has said.
Psychologists from Chicago University studied almost 20,000 people who had married between 2005 and 2012 and asked them a number of questions about their happiness.
Just over a third of participants had met their spouse online, with around half of those using internet dating and the rest via chat rooms and social networking sites, and discovered that a relationship started online was 25% less likely to end in divorce or separation then those that began through friends or chance. Researchers explained that this could be down to a higher motivation to find love among internet daters and the efforts that websites put in to match partners. Of the 'online' couples who were still married, they were also found to be happier, as opposed to relationships that began through work, in a bar or club or on a blind date. These couples were also among the least satisfied, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reported.
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Professor John Cacioppo, who led the study, said the large number of available potential partners online could be among the reasons for the results.
Previous research has highlighted that those who use online dating sites are more likely to see their partner again after a first meeting because they share more information about themselves online.
The study, which was commissioned by matchmaking company eHarmony, does not just apply to the US, Mr Cacioppo added.
According to figures, UK singletons are Europe’s most prolific internet daters, with more than 5.7 million people logging onto internet dating sites in September 2012. This was a 22% increase on the same month a year previously, according to comScore.
The websites were most popular among the 25 to 34 age group, but are becoming increasingly attractive to the older generation.
(JP/CD)
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