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Online dating is associated with sex addiction and social anxiety

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: There is an increasing use of the Internet for dating and sexual purpose. The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of social anxiety and sensation seeking to ratings of sex addiction among those who use dating Internet sites. METHODS: A total of 279 participants...

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Autores principales: Zlot, Yoni, Goldstein, Maya, Cohen, Koby, Weinstein, Aviv
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Akadémiai Kiadó 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6426375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30156117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.66
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description BACKGROUND AND AIMS: There is an increasing use of the Internet for dating and sexual purpose. The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of social anxiety and sensation seeking to ratings of sex addiction among those who use dating Internet sites. METHODS: A total of 279 participants (128 males and 151 females), with overall mean age being 25 years (SD = 2.75) and age range of 18–38, answered questionnaires on the Internet. Questionnaires included demographic details, Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Scale, and Sexual Addiction Screening Test (SAST). RESULTS: The users of Internet-dating applications showed higher scores on the SAST than non-users. Second, participants who had low scores of sex addiction had lower social anxiety scores than the participants with high scores of sexual addiction. There was no difference in sensation-seeking scores between participants with low and high scores of sexual addiction. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate that social anxiety rather than sensation seeking or gender is a major factor affecting the use of Internet-dating applications for obtaining sexual partners.
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spelling pubmed-64263752019-04-24 Online dating is associated with sex addiction and social anxiety Zlot, Yoni Goldstein, Maya Cohen, Koby Weinstein, Aviv J Behav Addict Full-Length Report BACKGROUND AND AIMS: There is an increasing use of the Internet for dating and sexual purpose. The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of social anxiety and sensation seeking to ratings of sex addiction among those who use dating Internet sites. METHODS: A total of 279 participants (128 males and 151 females), with overall mean age being 25 years (SD = 2.75) and age range of 18–38, answered questionnaires on the Internet. Questionnaires included demographic details, Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Scale, and Sexual Addiction Screening Test (SAST). RESULTS: The users of Internet-dating applications showed higher scores on the SAST than non-users. Second, participants who had low scores of sex addiction had lower social anxiety scores than the participants with high scores of sexual addiction. There was no difference in sensation-seeking scores between participants with low and high scores of sexual addiction. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate that social anxiety rather than sensation seeking or gender is a major factor affecting the use of Internet-dating applications for obtaining sexual partners. Akadémiai Kiadó 2018-08-25 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6426375/ /pubmed/30156117 http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.66 Text en © 2018 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes – if any – are indicated.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.66
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