TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations Between Perceived Weight Status, Body Dissatisfaction, and Self-Objectification on Sexual Sensation Seeking and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Using Grindr
AU - Goedel, William C.
AU - Krebs, Paul
AU - Greene, Richard E.
AU - Duncan, Dustin T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2017/4/3
Y1 - 2017/4/3
N2 - To date, various dimensions of body image and their associations with condom use have not been studied among men who have sex with men (MSM) who use geosocial-networking smartphone applications (“apps”) to meet new sexual partners. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate associations between weight perception, body dissatisfaction, and self-objectification with sexual behaviors among a sample of MSM (N = 92) recruited from Grindr, an app popular among MSM, to complete an online survey. Obese participants scored significantly higher on measures of body dissatisfaction and lower on measures of sexual sensation seeking. Decreased propensities to seek sexual sensations were associated with fewer sexual partners. By assessing associations between dimensions of body dissatisfaction and sexual risk behaviors, this study adds support to a theory of syndemics among MSM, which suggests that synergistically related biological, psychological, social, and behavioral factors disproportionately affect health and health-related behaviors in this population.
AB - To date, various dimensions of body image and their associations with condom use have not been studied among men who have sex with men (MSM) who use geosocial-networking smartphone applications (“apps”) to meet new sexual partners. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate associations between weight perception, body dissatisfaction, and self-objectification with sexual behaviors among a sample of MSM (N = 92) recruited from Grindr, an app popular among MSM, to complete an online survey. Obese participants scored significantly higher on measures of body dissatisfaction and lower on measures of sexual sensation seeking. Decreased propensities to seek sexual sensations were associated with fewer sexual partners. By assessing associations between dimensions of body dissatisfaction and sexual risk behaviors, this study adds support to a theory of syndemics among MSM, which suggests that synergistically related biological, psychological, social, and behavioral factors disproportionately affect health and health-related behaviors in this population.
KW - body dissatisfaction
KW - condom use
KW - men who have sex with men
KW - self-objectification
KW - weight perception
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U2 - 10.1080/08964289.2015.1121130
DO - 10.1080/08964289.2015.1121130
M3 - Article
C2 - 26808206
AN - SCOPUS:84969242686
SN - 0896-4289
VL - 43
SP - 142
EP - 150
JO - Behavioral Medicine
JF - Behavioral Medicine
IS - 2
ER -