ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2021
Cigarette Smoking and Dating App Use: Findings from a Survey in a Sample of Adults in Italy.
Article in European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Problematic online dating app use and its association with mental and sexual health outcomes in a sample of Men-having-Sex-with-Men.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- Risk Determinants of Sexual Behaviors: Dating Apps, History of Sexually Transmitted Infections, Substance Use, and Pornography Consumption in Health Science Students.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Disembedding and re-embedding: the online interaction mechanisms of divorced youth in China.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Association between dating app use and unhealthy weight control behaviors and muscle enhancing behaviors in sexual minority men: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Validation of the Polish Problematic Tinder Use Scale and Its Relationship with Safe Sex Behaviors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Perception of Parental Attitudes and Self-Efficacy in Refusing Alcohol Drinking and Smoking by Spanish Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Existing studies in the literature indicate an association between the use of dating apps and substance-related behaviours (i.e., alcohol consumption, drug consumption). However, to date, no studies investigated the relation between dating app use and smoking. This study aims to explore this association. A total of 1278 respondents completed an online ad hoc questionnaire assessing demographics, smoking habits, dating app use, motivations for using dating apps. Multiple logistic regression analyses were run to investigate the relation between demographics and dating apps use on tobacco consumption. Being active user was significantly associated with being smoker, light daily and moderate-to-heavy smoker. Among users, using apps with the motive of searching for friends accounted for lower odds of smoking, light daily smoking and moderate-to-heavy smoking. However, heavy dating app users were less likely to smoke, to be light daily smokers and to be moderate-to-heavy smokers. The study indicates an association between using the apps and smoking, suggesting that motives for using the apps and intensity of use may moderate this association.
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