Dating App Safety Among Older Women in Australia

Using Informational Videos for Effective Safety Messaging Delivery

Bibliographic Data

ID12437353
AuthorsE L Turley (0000-0003-2563-6622, Central Queensland University, corresponding author), Jan Cattoni (0000-0001-5070-379X, Central Queensland University), Nichola Corbett-Jarvis (0000-0002-5841-5028, College of Law, School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia)
Year2025
Pages10778012251366224-10778012251366224
Publication date2025-08-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10778012251366224
PMID40771097
OpenAlexW4413037299
LanguageEN
References cited58

This study investigates dating app safety concerns and effective safety messaging for Australian women aged 55 and over. As older women increasingly use dating apps for companionship, romance, or casual encounters, they may face risks such as harassment and scams. Using a qualitative approach, 121 cisgender women viewed three character-driven educational safety videos and then completed a survey. Reflexive Thematic Analysis generated four themes: safety concerns, modalities of safety messaging, video-based knowledge building, and behavioral change. Findings can be used to inform effective intervention development for targeted groups of people, providing memorable visual alternatives to traditional text-based safety information

Casual · Harassment · Injury prevention · Internet privacy · Intervention (counseling · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Suicide prevention · Text messaging · Thematic analysis · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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