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Effects of Online Friendships on Safer Sex Communication and Behavior among Black Sexual Minority Men: A Study of Network Exposure.

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  • Author(s): Young LE;Young LE
  • Source:
    Health communication [Health Commun] 2024 Nov; Vol. 39 (12), pp. 2419-2430. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 15.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8908762 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-7027 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10410236 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Commun Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: [London] : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
      Original Publication: Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1989-
    • Subject Terms:
      Safe Sex*/psychology ; Sexual and Gender Minorities*/psychology ; Social Media* ; Condoms*/statistics & numerical data ; Black or African American*/psychology; Humans ; Male ; Adult ; Friends/psychology ; Communication ; Young Adult ; Adolescent
    • Abstract:
      This study draws on social normative and social learning theories to examine the masspersonal safer sex communication (i.e., Facebook posts about safer sex) and safer sex behavior (i.e., condom use) in a cohort of Black sexual minority men (BSMM) ( N  = 340), with an eye toward understanding their relationship with the safer sex communication and behaviors of their BSMM Facebook friends. Using linear network autocorrelation regression models, results showed that BSMM's safer sex communication and condom use behavior were each associated with the communication and behavior of their online peers. Specifically, BSMM's condom use was positively associated with their friends' condom use and friends' safer sex communication, and BSMMs' safer sex communication was positively associated with friends' safer sex communication. Moreover, contrary to prior research, BSSM's safer sex communication and condom use were not related to one another, suggesting that talking about safer sex on social media should not be interpreted to be an indication of engageDment in safer sex behavior. These findings underscore an opportunity to leverage peer influence in social media networks, particularly in the form of masspersonal communication, to encourage cascades of safer sex messaging among peers and adoption of safer sex behavior.
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    • Grant Information:
      R00 HD094648 United States HD NICHD NIH HHS
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20230915 Date Completed: 20241021 Latest Revision: 20241030
    • Publication Date:
      20250114
    • Accession Number:
      PMC10940198
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/10410236.2023.2258309
    • Accession Number:
      37712151