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Item Others’ Posts as a Moderator of the Association Between Social Media Influence and Self Posts(2018-10-18) Momin, RamshaSocial media sites have been found to overinflate college students’ perceptions of sexual norms by presenting content suggesting greater approval of risky sexual behaviors. Results from a study on MySpace found that 24% of all profiles contained sexual behavior references. One study found participants who observed sexually suggestive photos on Facebook expected that a larger percentage of their peers would engage in risky sex; increasing their own likelihood to engage in risky sex. This study is the first to explore how other students’ sexual posts moderates the association between individuals’ sexual posts and their engagement in sexual activities. College students completed an online survey about their peers’ and own social media posts and sexual behaviors for course credit. Linear regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. Results suggested that others’ posts were not a significant predictor of the influence of social media on engagement in sexual behaviors, self-posts were positively associated the influence social media on engagement in sexual behaviors, and others’ posts moderated the association between self-posts and social media influence on sexual behaviors. These results support 2/3 of our hypotheses, which provide a foundation for further research on the influence of social media on risky behaviors.Item Sexual Health & Social Media(2017-10-12) Momin, Ramsha; Anthenien, Amber MareeGreater engagement with social media sites such as Facebook have been found to increase college students’ perceptions of sexual norms by exposing the individual to content suggesting greater approval of risky sexual behavior than they have previously encountered. Previous studies have theorized that individuals are influenced by social norms because of their desire to “fit in” (normative social influence) or beliefs that others’ judgements are relatively reliable sources of evidence about reality (informational social influence) (Deutsch & Gerard, 1955). One study found participants who observed sexually suggestive photos on Facebook expected a larger percentage of their peers and themselves would engage in risky sex (Young & Jordan, 2013). Yet, little research has investigated individuals’ perceptions of whether others are more influenced by social media to participate in sexual activity than they are themselves. College students completed online surveys about their UH peers’ and own social media use and sexual behavior for course credit. Paired sample t-tests were used to test hypotheses. Results suggested students believed their sexual behavior was less influenced by social media than they perceived their peers were. These results support our hypotheses, which provide a foundation for considering norms based interventions related to the influence of sexual content in social media and risky sexual behavior.Item THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND DATING APPLICATIONS ON SEXUAL BEHAVIORS(2018-12) Momin, RamshaGreater engagement with social media sites such as Facebook has been found to increase college students' perceptions of sexual norms by exposing them to content suggesting greater approval of risky sexual behavior than they have previously encountered (Young & Jordan, 2013). The aims of the present study were to examine whether other students are more influenced by social media and dating apps to participate in sexual activity than the participants themselves are, and to examine which platforms (social media or dating apps) are more influential. Results showed that participants who use social media assumed that others are more influenced by social media to participate in sexual activity than they themselves are, participants who use dating apps assumed that others are more influenced by dating apps to participate in sexual activity than they themselves are, and no difference in perceived influence on dating apps compared to social media was found.