Beymer Matthew R, Rossi Aimee Drolet, Shu Suzanne B
Los Angeles LGBT Center, McDonald/Wright Building, 1625N Schrader Blvd, Room 205, Los Angeles, CA, 90028-6213, USA.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Urban Health. 2016 Aug;93(4):698-708. doi: 10.1007/s11524-016-0056-7.
Geosocial networking phone applications (GSN apps) used to meet sexual partners have become popular in the men who have sex with men (MSM) communities of the USA since 2009. Previous studies have shown greater incidence of gonorrhea and chlamydia and lower testing frequency for HIV testing among GSN app users when compared to non-users. The present study aims to determine the type, number, and frequency of apps used, as well as the association between dispositional self-control and health-related behaviors. Participants (n = 146) were recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk program to respond to a brief GSN app marketing survey. Multivariate regression was used to determine differences in app priorities, length of app use, and number of sexual partners between high self-control and low self-control participants. A majority of the participants reported using Grindr (78 %) followed by Scruff (19 %), Growlr (12 %), and Jack'd (12 %). Most individuals used one app only (58 %), but a significant proportion reported using two apps (28 %) or three or more apps (14 %). Respondents with low self-control were more likely to report a higher number of hours using GSN apps and a higher number of sexual partners, controlling for race/ethnicity, education, employment, and HIV status. Given the popularity of this burgeoning communication medium, these findings have important implications for developing prevention resources for different segments of GSN app users.
自2009年以来，用于结识性伴侣的地理社交网络手机应用程序（GSN应用程序）在美国男男性行为者（MSM）群体中变得很流行。先前的研究表明，与非用户相比，GSN应用程序用户中淋病和衣原体感染的发生率更高，而HIV检测的频率更低。本研究旨在确定所使用应用程序的类型、数量和频率，以及特质自我控制与健康相关行为之间的关联。从亚马逊的Mechanical Turk计划中招募了参与者（n = 146），以回应一项简短的GSN应用程序营销调查。使用多元回归来确定高自我控制和低自我控制参与者在应用程序优先级、应用程序使用时长和性伴侣数量方面的差异。大多数参与者报告使用Grindr（78%），其次是Scruff（19%）、Growlr（12%）和Jack'd（12%）。大多数人只使用一个应用程序（58%），但相当一部分人报告使用两个应用程序（28%）或三个或更多应用程序（14%）。在控制了种族/民族、教育程度、就业情况和HIV状况后，低自我控制的受访者更有可能报告使用GSN应用程序的时间更长，性伴侣数量更多。鉴于这种新兴通信媒介的流行，这些发现对于为GSN应用程序用户的不同群体开发预防资源具有重要意义。
