A new study was performed to find effects of Tinder, a popular dating app, on self-worth. It found that those who use the app lack more of their confidence than those who do not use the app. In fact, men who use the app had the lowest levels of self-esteem, when compared with women. The study findings were presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

The study was conducted on 1,300 people, most were college kids. They were asked several question especially designed to gauge how they feel about themselves, and self esteem. They were asked questions about their physical appearance and how much satisfied they are with their looks and whether they make physical comparisons with others. They were also asked about their body image.

When entire questioning session was about to close, the researchers asked participants whether they use Tinder or not. When researchers compared the responses of those using app to non-users, they found that the users had a low levels of self esteem. This group seems to be less satisfied with their appearances and in some cases, felt embarrassed of its body.

The group using the dating app also viewed itself as sexual object and compared their appearance with others and accepted that they keep eye on how they looked. The trend like this was found in both genders.

“If they used Tinder, they reported more negative scores on all of our measures. We thought that was pretty interesting, given the fact that gender usually plays a role in how women and men respond to these types of questionnaires”, said Trent Petrie, co-author of the paper and professor in the psychology department at the University of North Texas.

A report published in CNET revealed, "Or is it just a natural way to meet people and enjoy a little carnal closeness once in a while? I am moved to ask this philosophical question by a new study from the University of North Texas. Presented at the American Psychological Association's Convention in Denver this week, the study looked at Tinder users and their sense of self-worth."

The 1,044 women and 273 men (mean age 20.56) who took part were asked about their thighs, their faces and other personal essences. The conclusions were somewhat bracing. If you're a Tinder user, that is. The researchers found that Tinderers are thunderingly critical about themselves -- more so than those who resist this rather irresistible app.

They were also more likely to obsess about how they looked. One thing that struck the researchers was that these results weren't gender-specific. Male Tinderers were, if anything, even more likely to show a lack of self-worth than women.

According to a report in Time by Mandy Oaklander, "So suggests a new study about the psychological effects of the popular dating app, presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. In the study, researchers asked a group of 1,300 mostly college kids to rate how they generally felt about themselves through questionnaires and self-reports."

Compared to people who weren't on the dating app, Tinder users had lower levels of self-worth, reported being less satisfied with their faces and looks and were more ashamed of their bodies. They were also more likely to think of themselves as sexual objects, to internalize societal ideals about beauty, to compare their appearances to others and to constantly monitor how they looked, the researchers found.

That may simply be because so many more men than women use Tinder, the researchers speculate. Past research has shown that women are more discerning with their swipes than men, who swipe right more liberally. But saying yes so often with the flick of a finger comes with a risk: the much higher chance of being rejected.