Introduction

Online sexual activities (OSAs) are sexual behaviors involving online sexual content and stimuli and are categorized into non-arousal (N-OSAs), solitary arousal (S-OSAs), and partnered arousal activities (P-OSAs). As such activities in older age remain largely underexamined, this study aimed to explore OSAs in a sample of Italian older adults, analyzing their associations with gender and sexual orientation, considering sexual permissiveness as a moderator.

Methods

One hundred and fourteen cisgender participants (85 men and 29 women) aged from 52 to 79 years old (M = 62.57, SD = 6.19) were recruited between September 2019 and January 2020 to participate in an online cross-sectional survey on OSAs.

Results

A total of 58.1% of participants had engaged in S-OSAs at least 2–3 times during the previous month, while a lower percentage of participants had engaged in N-OSAs (38.6%) and P-OSAs (29.9%) at least 2–3 times during the previous month. Men were more likely to be engaged in S-OSAs than women. Being non-heterosexual was associated with an increase in engagement in N-OSAs and S-OSAs, but not in P-OSAs. Sexual permissiveness was significantly associated with N-OSAs and S-OSAs, but not with P-OSAs, and did not moderate either the relationship of gender with OSAs or that of sexual orientation with OSAs.

Conclusions

This study sheds light on the need to include online resources in sexual health educational programs addressed at older people, as well as in training programs addressed at healthcare professionals and social workers working with this population.

中文翻译：

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意大利老年人的在线性活动：性别，性取向和宽容的作用

介绍

在线性活动（OSA）是涉及在线性内容和刺激的性行为，分为非自发（N-OSA），孤独唤醒（S-OSAs）和伙伴性唤醒活动（P-OSA）。由于此类活动在很大程度上仍未得到充分审查，因此本研究旨在探索意大利老年人样本中的OSA，并以性允许为主导，分析其与性别和性取向的关联。

方法

 在2019年9月至2020年1月之间招募了 114名有性别，年龄从52岁至79岁（M = 62.57，SD = 6.19）的男性（85名男性和29名女性）参加OSA在线横断面调查。

结果

总共58.1％的参与者在上个月至少参与了2-3次S-OSA，而较低比例的参与者至少参与了N-OSA（38.6％）和P-OSA（29.9％）上个月的2–3次。男性比女性更有可能从事S-OSA。非异性恋与N-OSA和S-OSA参与度的增加有关，但与P-OSA无关。性宽容与N-OSA和S-OSA显着相关，但与P-OSA没有显着相关，也没有缓解性别与OSA的关系或与性倾向与OSA的关系。

结论

这项研究揭示了需要将在线资源纳入针对老年人的性健康教育计划以及针对与该人群一起工作的医疗保健专业人员和社会工作者的培训计划中。