In this thesis, I aimed to understand how sociosexuality, sex, and dating app type interact to predict the frequency of dating app usage among college students. This was done by using two cross-sectional samples at two different universities to investigate this. I anticipated the presence of a three-way interaction between sex, sociosexuality, and the type of dating app to predict dating app usage. The results showed that there was no three-way interaction. However, as predicted, men who score low on sociosexuality will use dating apps less than men who score high on sociosexuality. Furthermore, it was shown that women reported relatively low dating app usage regardless of sociosexuality scores. These findings may be especially important to dating app companies, so they can adjust how they market the apps in addition to assuring maximum user satisfaction. Further, non-heterosexual individuals should be studied to expand the current research, as it can be applied to more dating applications.

Many women are subject to role conflict. Between participating in their jobs and social expectations about duties as a mother, they might experience considerable stress trying to fulfill both those demanding roles. Data was analyzed from 182,617 women in 38 low- and middle-income countries from MICS surveys, using linear regression to examine how a number of children and working status interact to predict life satisfaction and happiness. Having more children was almost always associated with lower life satisfaction and happiness. The only exception was that among women who worked, more children to a point was associated with greater life satisfaction. Notably, work had different associations with emotional well-being depending on how it was measured. Having a job was generally associated with lower happiness, but greater life satisfaction. There is little evidence of an interaction between work and children indicating role conflict. Indeed, for life satisfaction, working seems to counteract the negative effect of having more children. Determining how large the effect of having both children and jobs are in women's lives can help determine the burden placed on women today and how that burden can be alleviated.

Culture is a living, dynamic concept that influences the lives of all human beings, making it one of the cornerstone building blocks of the human experience. However, there is a widespread assumption that culture matters more for some people than others. Recent studies have found evidence of a cultural (mis)attribution bias among psychologists, the tendency to exaggerate the role of cultural factors in the behavior of racial/ethnic minorities while simultaneously exaggerating the role of personal psychological factors in the behavior of the racial/ethnic majority (Causadias, Vitriol, & Atkins, 2018a; 2018b). This study aims to explore the cultural (mis)attribution bias, and how it manifests in the beliefs and attitudes of undergraduate students at ASU. Additionally, this paper will also explore the implications of those results and how to apply that knowledge to our daily interactions with the people around us.

This study investigates whether motive to use dating apps goes against a more traditional theory of attraction, that we are attracted to those we perceive as being the same level of attractiveness as we perceive ourselves, and plays a role in who people deem as being attractive. This further goes on to explore the gender differences in motives while using these dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, etc. Respondents were gathered of 103 college students mainly ranging between the ages of 18-23 years of age. Participants responded to a survey asking a multitude of questions, including how people rate themselves physically and whether they would “swipe right” or “swipe left” on the mock dating profiles presented to them. The profiles fell under 3 segments defined after a pilot study of being either less attractive, of average attraction, or highly attractive. Results discovered a clear difference between the motives men and women have for using these dating apps. The motives of males being more temporary relationships; while, on the other hand, female’s motives were looking largely for either self-validation or more permanent relationships. These apps are considered new technology in the world of dating and have yet to be extensively researched because it has not been on the market for a substantial amount of time. However, the prevalence of these apps continues to grow amongst many different demographics, and this research takes a deeper look into how intentions in dating apps influence who people find as being a suitable partner for themselves depending on their motives for using these apps.