"What Are You Looking For?" Investigating the Association Between Dating App Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Literature on the association between dating app use and sexual risk behaviors is still scant and inconclusive.

Aim

To investigate the association between dating app use and sexual risk behaviors, considering the role of motives for using them.

Methods

1,278 Italian respondents completed an online questionnaire assessing demographics, motives and patterns of dating app use, sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) diagnoses. One-way ANOVA and Chi-squared analyses were used to investigate differences among the three subsamples (active vs former vs non-users). Multiple linear and logistic regression analyses were run to investigate the role of demographics, motives and patterns of dating app use on sexual risk taking and sexual health.

SUBMITTER: Flesia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8360931 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature