Table 3.

Predictors of Tinder problematic use, ranked in decreasing order of importance

Predictors	%IncMSE
Coping motive to use Tinder	30.18
Number of online contacts	24.82
Enhancement motive to use Tinder	21.66
Number of offline contacts	14.41
Social motive to use Tinder	13.89
Number of “Matches”	12.23
Satisfaction with Tinder offline dates	9.94
Anxious attachment style	8.41
On Tinder looking for uncommitted sex partner	7.78
Looking for Tinder online contacts that can lead to offline contacts	7.78
On Tinder looking for committed romantic partner	7.44
Loneliness	7.43
Negative urgency impulsivity	6.47
Number of months using Tinder	5.91
Partner selectiveness on Tinder	5.21
Satisfaction with Tinder use	4.43
Dyadic sexual desire	3.79
Depressive mood	2.90
Positive urgency impulsivity	2.80
Sexual orientation	2.03
Age	1.78
Self-esteem	1.33
Avoidant attachment style	1.08
Lack of perseverance impulsivity	1.06
Lack of premeditation impulsivity	0.77
Sex	0.48
Solitary sexual desire	0.42
Marital status	0.19
Sensation seeking impulsivity	0.13

N = number of participants; %InMSE = per cent increase in mean squared error, a statistical measure indicating the level on the predictor variable importance in the regression machine learning algorithm