Barrada Juan Ramón, Ruiz-Gómez Paula, Correa Ana Belén, Castro Ángel
Department of Psychology and Sociology, Universidad de Zaragoza, Teruel, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2019 Feb 26;10:339. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00339. eCollection 2019.
Young people's use and participation in online sexual activities (OSA) has increased in the past two decades and has changed their behavior in the area of sexuality. The existing literature has some important limitations, concerning the assessment of the construct and its orientation toward problematic use, while ignoring its healthy use or social participation and its relationship with well-being. The main objective of this study was to analyze the relationships between the three types of OSA (compulsive, isolated, and social) proposed by Delmonico and Miller, as well as offline sexual behavior, and psychosexual well-being. It was also necessary to evaluate the factor structure of the Internet Sexual Screening Test (ISST). Participants were 1,147 university students of both sexes, aged between 18 and 26 years, who completed a battery of online questionnaires. The main finding of the study is that, when controlling for other online sexual behavior, different types of OSA evaluated relate differently to offline sexual behavior and to psychosexual well-being, and that most young people made healthy use and participation of OSA. It also presents a new structure of the ISST. The discussion emphasizes the need to recognize the positive consequences of OSA to implement programs for the promotion of sexual health.
在过去二十年中，年轻人对在线性活动（OSA）的使用和参与有所增加，这改变了他们在性方面的行为。现有文献存在一些重要局限性，涉及对该概念的评估及其对问题性使用的倾向，同时忽视了其健康使用或社会参与以及与幸福感的关系。本研究的主要目的是分析德尔莫尼科和米勒提出的三种类型的OSA（强迫性、孤立性和社会性）之间的关系，以及线下性行为与性心理健康之间的关系。评估互联网性筛查测试（ISST）的因素结构也很有必要。参与者为1147名年龄在18至26岁之间的男女大学生，他们完成了一系列在线问卷。该研究的主要发现是，在控制其他在线性行为的情况下，所评估的不同类型的OSA与线下性行为和性心理健康的关联各不相同，并且大多数年轻人对OSA进行了健康的使用和参与。研究还提出了ISST的新结构。讨论强调需要认识到OSA的积极后果，以便实施促进性健康的项目。
