Dating Applications, Sexual Behaviors, and Attitudes of College Students in Brazil’s Legal Amazon

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ID15501733
AutoresMaycon Klerystton Bezerra Tavares (0000-0003-0800-1844, Universidade Federal do Tocantins), Rômulo Lustosa Pimenteira De Melo (0000-0003-0722-2944), Bianca Fonseca da Rocha (0000-0002-2621-8062, Universidade Federal do Tocantins), Débora Junqueira Andrade (0000-0001-8944-0042, Universidade Federal do Tocantins), Danielle Rosa Evangelista (0000-0002-4472-2879, Universidade Federal do Tocantins), Márcia C T S Peres (Universidade Federal do Tocantins), Leonardo Baldaçara (0000-0002-5201-8515, Universidade Federal do Tocantins), Leonardo R Baldaçara (Medicine Course, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, 77001-923 Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil), Thiago DeSouza‐Vieira (0000-0002-6051-8608, National Institutes of Health), Thiago DeSouza-Vieira (National Institutes of Health), Elisangela Vilar de Assis (0000-0002-8223-1878, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande), José Bruno Nunes Ferreira Silva (0000-0003-4398-3943, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume17
Fascículo20
Páginas7494-7494
Data de publicação2020-10-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17207494
PMID33076286
OpenAlexW3093232482
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas45

Although dating applications (apps) have become popular among young adults, there is a dearth of information regarding the sexual health implications among Brazilian college students. This study examined risky sexual behavior and attitudes of dating app users, based on their sex in Brazil's Legal Amazon. Three hundred and fifty-nine students reported their sociodemographic data, dating app use, and sexual behaviors and attitudes through self-administered questionnaires. Bivariate analyses and analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Bonferroni post-hoc tests were performed. Dating app use was reported by 238 (66.3%) subjects, most of whom had an encounter and sex with a casual partner. Women frequently requested condom use. Trust in one's partner or having repeated encounters were the main reasons for engaging in risky sexual behavior. Men had a greater number of sexual partners and less protective attitudes. Sexual health awareness by apps was not reported by 97% of women, and most of them were not tested for sexually transmitted infections. A positive attitude toward sexual health was not a predictor of safe sex. Important similarities and differences regarding risky sexual behaviors and attitudes were observed between the sexes, many of which correlated with increased sexual vulnerability during the sexual encounters arranged through the dating apps. This cross-sectional study supports efforts on sexual health promotion and sexual education implementation in the face of growing usage of apps among young adults for sexual matters

Casual · Condom · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Population · Reproductive health · Sex partners · Sexual behavior · Syphilis · Young adult · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology