著者

花井 友美 小口 孝司

出版者

昭和女子大学

雑誌

學苑 (ISSN:13480103)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.772, pp.1-10, 2005-02-01

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Computer-dating, the meeting with others through the Internet, has proliferated for several years. The aims of this study are (a) classifying the purposes of computer-dating usage and (b) investigating the computer-dating users' behaviors and interpersonal relationships (i.e., how many people they contact, how much they are satisfied, and how long they continue to use it). Then it might be expected that (c) they are related with the level of the users' loneliness. Twenty-six participants, who have used computer-dating, were recruited through the Internet and completed questionnaires that examined their loneliness, purpose of computer-dating usage and items regarding usage of computer-dating. The results showed: (1) there were two different types of purposes, "making relationship" and "conversation," and (2) the more loneliness they had, the higher "making relationship" purpose they had. In addition, (3) the purpose for "making relationship" promoted the later interpersonal behaviors on computer-dating.