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Article: The association between smartphone dating applications and college students' casual sex encounters and condom use
Title | The association between smartphone dating applications and college students' casual sex encounters and condom use |
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Keywords | HIV Mobile phone Casual sex Condom Dating |
Issue Date | 2016 |
Citation | Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, 2016, v. 9, p. 38-41 How to Cite? |
Abstract | © 2016 Elsevier B.V. Objective: This study aims to explore the association between using smartphone dating applications (apps) and having unprotected sex with a casual sex partner. Study design: This is a cross-sectional study. Students were recruited from four university campuses in Hong Kong by convenience sampling. Main outcome measures: Subjects completed a structured questionnaire asking about the use of dating apps, sexual history and socio-demographic information. Multiple logistic regressions were used to explore the association between using dating apps and having unprotected sex with a casual sex partner. Results: Six hundred and sixty-six subjects were included in the analysis. Users of dating apps were more likely to have had unprotected sex with a casual sex partner the last time they engaged in sexual intercourse (aOR: 10.06). Using dating apps for more than 12 months was associated with having a casual sex partner in the last sexual intercourse (aOR: 3.21), as well as having unprotected sex with that casual partner (aOR: 13.56). Conclusion: We found a robust association between using dating apps and having unprotected sex with a casual sex partner, implying that using dating apps is an emerging sexual risk factor. We recommend that interventions promoting the safe use of dating apps should be implemented. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/249128 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.531 |
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dc.contributor.author | Choi, Edmond P.H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, Janet Y.H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lo, Herman H.M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, Wendy | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chio, Jasmine H.M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fong, Daniel Y.T. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-27T05:59:11Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-27T05:59:11Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, 2016, v. 9, p. 38-41 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1877-5756 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/249128 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2016 Elsevier B.V. Objective: This study aims to explore the association between using smartphone dating applications (apps) and having unprotected sex with a casual sex partner. Study design: This is a cross-sectional study. Students were recruited from four university campuses in Hong Kong by convenience sampling. Main outcome measures: Subjects completed a structured questionnaire asking about the use of dating apps, sexual history and socio-demographic information. Multiple logistic regressions were used to explore the association between using dating apps and having unprotected sex with a casual sex partner. Results: Six hundred and sixty-six subjects were included in the analysis. Users of dating apps were more likely to have had unprotected sex with a casual sex partner the last time they engaged in sexual intercourse (aOR: 10.06). Using dating apps for more than 12 months was associated with having a casual sex partner in the last sexual intercourse (aOR: 3.21), as well as having unprotected sex with that casual partner (aOR: 13.56). Conclusion: We found a robust association between using dating apps and having unprotected sex with a casual sex partner, implying that using dating apps is an emerging sexual risk factor. We recommend that interventions promoting the safe use of dating apps should be implemented. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare | - |
dc.subject | HIV | - |
dc.subject | Mobile phone | - |
dc.subject | Casual sex | - |
dc.subject | Condom | - |
dc.subject | Dating | - |
dc.title | The association between smartphone dating applications and college students' casual sex encounters and condom use | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.srhc.2016.07.001 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 27634663 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84979052866 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 259968 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 9 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 38 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 41 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1877-5764 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000384787100007 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1877-5756 | - |