Abstract

Objective: Hookup apps, such as Tinder, have become vastly popular among college students, and hookup culture has become more normatively acceptable. The current study seeks to understand the associations of hookup app uses and outcome variables including sexual attitudes, relationship turbulences, and risky sexual behaviors. Participants and Methods: The current study conducted an online cross-sectional survey among participants (n = 654) from a large public university. Results: The results showed that hookup app users reported significantly more favorable attitudes toward sexual permissiveness and instrumentality, less favorable attitudes toward birth control, more relationship anxiety, and more relationship avoidance, compared to nonusers. Furthermore, structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that more hookup app uses were associated with more favorable attitudes toward sexual permissiveness and instrumentality, more risky sex, and higher relationship turbulence. Conclusion: The practical implications and suggestions for future research were discussed.

摘要

目标：诸如 Tinder 之类的联播应用程序在大学生中广受欢迎，联播文化也变得更加规范。当前的研究旨在了解联播应用程序使用与结果变量（包括性态度、关系动荡和危险性行为）之间的关联。参与者和方法：本研究对来自一所大型公立大学的参与者 (n = 654) 进行了在线横断面调查。结果：结果表明，与非用户相比，联播应用程序用户对性宽容和性工具的态度明显更有利，对节育的态度更差，关系焦虑更多，关系回避更多。此外，结构方程模型 (SEM) 显示，更多的联播应用程序使用与对性宽容和性工具更有利的态度、更危险的性行为和更高的关系动荡有关。结论：讨论了实际意义和对未来研究的建议。