• 主题
高级搜索  >
历史搜索 清空历史
首页> 外文期刊>CyberPsychology & Behavior >Predictors of Drop-Out in an Internet Study of Men Who Have Sex with Men
【24h】

Predictors of Drop-Out in an Internet Study of Men Who Have Sex with Men

机译：互联网研究与男人发生性关系的男性中辍学的预测因素

获取原文
获取原文并翻译 | 示例
           
页面导航
  • 摘要
  • 著录项
  • 相似文献
  • 相关主题

摘要

Researchers have suggested the rising use of Internet to look for sexual partners is an important contributor to the resurgence in the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM). Web-based samples of this population reflect good geographical diversity for research, but a high drop-out rate creates a significant potential for bias, misrepresentation of population, and misinterpretation of data. This study aims to describe the demographics of an Internet sample of MSM and the differences between the completers and drop-outs. We analyzed data obtained from a cross-sectional study using an online self-administered questionnaire for males, 18 years or older, who were current U.S. residents, and who had sex with men. Of 850 eligible participants, 404 (47.5%) were labeled as drop-outs. The completers and drop-outs differed significantly in age, education, country of birth, health insurance, time spent on Internet, location of computer access, types of sites visited, profile information, last homosexual experience, methods used to determine safety of partners, and type of sexual activities on real meets. Almost half of the participants dropped out before completion. Although the two groups did not differ in many of the items, high drop-out rates are a threat to the validity of such data. Drop-out constitutes a significant bias in Internet sexuality research and must be considered while interpreting the results of such studies.
机译：研究人员认为，越来越多的人使用互联网寻找性伴侣，这是导致与男性发生性关系的男性中性传播疾病（STD）和HIV发病率上升的重要原因。基于该人群的基于网络的样本反映了良好的研究地理分布，但是较高的辍学率造成了巨大的潜在偏见，人口表述错误和数据误解。这项研究旨在描述MSM互联网样本的受众特征以及完成者和辍学者之间的差异。我们使用在线自我管理问卷分析了一项横断面研究的数据，该问卷针对的是18岁以上的男性，目前的美国居民以及与男性发生过性关系的男性。在850名合格参与者中，有404名（47.5％）被标记为辍学。完成者和辍学者的年龄，教育程度，出生国家，健康保险，上网时间，计算机访问位置，访问的网站类型，个人资料信息，最后的同性恋经历，确定伴侣安全性的方法，真正的性活动的类型和类型。几乎一半的参与者在完成之前就退学了。尽管两组在许多项目上没有差异，但高辍学率对此类数据的有效性构成了威胁。辍学构成互联网性研究的一个重大偏见，在解释此类研究的结果时必须予以考虑。

著录项

相似文献

  • 外文文献
  • 中文文献
  • 专利
获取原文

客服邮箱：kefu@zhangqiaokeyan.com

京公网安备：11010802029741号 ICP备案号：京ICP备15016152号-6 六维联合信息科技 (北京) 有限公司©版权所有

  • 客服微信

  • 服务号