Differences between Internet samples and conventional samples of men who have sex with men:: implications for research and HIV interventions
Differences between Internet samples and conventional samples of men who have sex with men:: implications for research and HIV interventions
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DOI：
10.1016/s0277-9536(99)00493-1
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发表时间：
2000-09-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Månsson, SA
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作者：
Ross, MW;Tikkanen, R;Månsson, SA
互联网正在成为一个新的色情绿洲，人们可以通过网络或面对面的方式获得性服务。我们回顾了关于网络性行为的文献，并比较了从传统的书面问卷中获得的同性恋活跃男性样本数据的差异，该问卷通过瑞典一家大型全国性同性恋组织的邮件和联系人列表以及该组织的网站和聊天室分发。共获得书面问卷716份，网络问卷678份。互联网样本更年轻，更有可能住在小城镇或城市，与父母或女朋友住在一起，受正规教育程度较低。他们之前只与其他男性有过性经历的可能性更小（网络样本中有三分之一的人认为自己是双性恋，而书面样本中有十四分之一的人认为自己是双性恋），他们更有可能去色情场所，比如澡堂、视频俱乐部和色情电影院。他们也更频繁地访问网络聊天室（86%的互联网样本和50%的书面样本）。与四分之一的书面样本相比，三分之一的互联网样本希望有机会与艾滋病毒专家交谈。两个样本之间的性行为总体上是相似的，尽管互联网样本报告的身体接触、亲吻、拥抱、相互手淫明显减少，与稳定的伴侣肛交时更多地使用避孕套。在过去的一年中，报告与女性发生性关系的网络样本是书面样本的四倍多。这些数据表明，互联网数据收集是可行的，尽管这两种类型的样本都具有非随机和自我选择的性质，但这种数据收集模式可能比传统分发的书面问卷更明显地面向年轻、地理上更孤立、行为和自我认同更多的双性恋受访者。(C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.版权所有。
The Internet is becoming a new erotic oasis for obtaining sex online or in person. We reviewed the literature on cybersex and compared differences in data from samples of homosexually active men obtained on identical questionnaires from a conventional written questionnaire, distributed through the mailing and contact lists of a large national gay organization in Sweden, and through the same organization's website and chat room. A total of 716 written questionnaires and 678 Internet questionnaires were obtained. The Internet sample was younger, more likely to live in small towns or cities, live with parents or a girlfriend, and have lower formal education. They are less likely to have previous sexual experience solely with other men (one in three of the Internet sample vs. 1 in 14 of the written sample defined themselves as bisexual) and more likely to visit erotic eases such as bathhouses, video clubs and erotic movie houses. They also visited Internet chat rooms more frequently (86% of the Internet sample vs. 50% of the written sample). One third of the Internet sample wanted the opportunity to talk with an expert about HIV compared with a quarter of the written sample. Sexual practices between the two samples were generally similar, although the Internet sample reported significantly less body contact, kissing, hugging, mutual masturbation, and more condom use for anal intercourse with steady partners. Over four times as many of the Internet samples reported sex with women in the past year as the written sample. These data indicate that Internet data collection is feasible and that this mode of data collection, despite the nonrandom and self-selected nature of both types of samples, is likely to be more significantly oriented toward the young, geographically more isolated, and more behaviorally and self-identified bisexual respondent than conventionally distributed written questionnaires. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.