Obarska Katarzyna, Szymczak Karol, Lewczuk Karol, Gola Mateusz
Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Institute of Psychology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland.
Front Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 13;11:584548. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.584548. eCollection 2020.
In the last years, dating applications (DAs) have had a significant impact on the way in which people seek sexual and romantic relationships. Social groups, such as men having sex with men (MSM), who can experience discrimination and social isolation, find DAs especially engaging and helpful in finding sexual partners. Previous studies have provided evidence showing vulnerability to mental health problems among the MSM population-these problems can be potentially facilitated by DAs use. Excessive use of DAs is associated with lower well-being and life satisfaction, depression, higher substance use, and lower sleep quality. Therefore, there is a need for a better understanding of psychological functioning and risk factors associated with the use of DAs among MSM, which we focus on in this review. We also discuss two relatively new research areas: compulsive sexual behavior disorder and chemsex, and their relation to geosocial-networking mobile technologies. Finally, we point out the limitations of available studies on the mental health of MSM using DAs and propose further research directions.
在过去几年中，约会应用程序（DAs）对人们寻求性和浪漫关系的方式产生了重大影响。一些社会群体，如同性恋男性（MSM），他们可能会遭受歧视和社会孤立，发现约会应用程序在寻找性伴侣方面特别有吸引力且有帮助。先前的研究提供了证据，表明男同性恋人群易出现心理健康问题——使用约会应用程序可能会加剧这些问题。过度使用约会应用程序与幸福感降低、生活满意度降低、抑郁、更高的物质使用以及更低的睡眠质量相关。因此，有必要更好地了解男同性恋人群使用约会应用程序时的心理功能和风险因素，我们在本综述中重点关注这一点。我们还讨论了两个相对较新的研究领域：强迫性行为障碍和“化学性爱”，以及它们与地理社交网络移动技术的关系。最后，我们指出了关于使用约会应用程序的男同性恋人群心理健康的现有研究的局限性，并提出了进一步的研究方向。
