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Title: | Who You Are Can Predict What You Say on a Virtual Date: Traits as Predictors of Communication Patterns of Young Men Who Have Sex With Men |
Other Titles: | International Journal of Communication |
Authors: | Wang, Liyuan Brown, Ashley Miller, Lynn C. |
Keywords: | communication virtual dating |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | International Journal of Communication |
Citation: | Wang, L., Brown, A., and Miller, L. (2022). Who You Are Can Predict What You Say on a Virtual Date: Traits as Predictors of Communication Patterns of Young Men Who Have Sex With Men. International Journal Of Communication, 16, 23. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19329/3974 |
Abstract: | Using virtual environments (VE), we examine—for the first time—how individuals’ traits predict “first date,” in-the-moment conversational choices. We look at how attachment anxiety, avoidance, and Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) predict virtual conversational choices (i.e., to dismiss, deny, or reciprocate in virtual conversations during a virtual date). We tested this possibility through socially optimized learning in virtual environments (SOLVE-IT), a web-based, interactive 3D video game intervention designed for young men who have sex with men (YMSM) to reduce risky sexual behaviors. Data analyzed were drawn from 358 HIV-negative, self-identified MSM aged from 18 to 24, who were part of the SOLVE-IT intervention. Using ordinary least squares regression, we found that both BIS and attachment styles affect in-the-moment conversational responses and that attachment moderates the effects of BIS on those responses. The implications of these findings are discussed. |
URI: | https://repositorio.consejodecomunicacion.gob.ec//handle/CONSEJO_REP/7996 |
ISSN: | 1932-8036 |
Appears in Collections: | Documentos internacionales sobre libertad de expresión y derechos conexos |
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