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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
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