Lusófona University, HEI-Lab: Digital Human-Environment Interaction Labs, Lisbon, Portugal.
Sociedade Portuguesa de Sexologia Clínica, Bragança, Portugal.
Int J Impot Res. 2024 Nov;36(7):770-780. doi: 10.1038/s41443-024-00865-y. Epub 2024 Mar 14.
The beliefs about Digital Information and Communication Media (DM) impact on sexuality by people from the community are an essential field to understanding people's sexual behaviours and their response to others' sexuality. This cross-sectional, online, descriptive, qualitative study, developed in the context of the celebration of National Sexual Health Day in Portugal, intended to identify the reasons and the activities using DM related to sexuality and explore participant's beliefs about the impact of DM on sexuality. In August 2021, a convenience sample of 167 people (M = 40.01; SD = 14.67; range 19-75 years old) completed an online survey that was disseminated through social networks and that included two closed questions about internet use and an open question about their personal beliefs about the impact of DM on sexual health. The results showed that most participants were motivated to use DM to search for erotic content (51.5%). DMs are also regularly used for educational purposes, such as seeking information about sexual pleasure and satisfaction (46.1%). Regarding qualitative data, three themes were identified concerning the impact of DM on sexuality: YES, IT'S SEX, SO WHAT?, I'M MORE VULNERABLE NOW! and SEXUAL EXPANSION. DM is an indisputable resource in sexual health, like in other dimensions of health. Still, it may facilitate exposure to contexts of aggression with a harmful impact on mental health, especially for younger people. Taken together, our results reveal that sexuality is part of DM use, and people share beliefs that indicate they may be actively involved in diminishing its hazards and benefiting from its potential.
社区人群对数字信息和通信媒体 (DM) 对性影响的信念是理解人们性行为及其对他人性行为反应的重要领域。这项横断面、在线、描述性、定性研究是在葡萄牙国家性健康日庆祝活动的背景下开展的，旨在确定与性相关的使用 DM 的原因和活动，并探讨参与者对 DM 对性影响的信念。2021 年 8 月，采用方便抽样法对 167 人（M = 40.01；SD = 14.67；年龄范围 19-75 岁）进行了一项在线调查，该调查通过社交网络传播，包括两个关于互联网使用的封闭式问题和一个关于参与者个人对 DM 对性健康影响的信念的开放式问题。结果表明，大多数参与者使用 DM 是为了搜索色情内容（51.5%）。DM 也经常用于教育目的，例如寻求有关性愉悦和满足的信息（46.1%）。关于定性数据，确定了三个主题，涉及 DM 对性的影响：是的，就是性，那又怎样？、我现在更脆弱了！和性扩张。DM 是性健康的一个不可争议的资源，就像在其他健康维度一样。然而，它可能会使人更容易接触到具有有害心理健康影响的攻击环境，尤其是对年轻人而言。总之，我们的研究结果表明，性是 DM 使用的一部分，人们分享的信念表明他们可能积极参与减少其危害并从中受益。
