Problematic and non-problematic engagement in Online Sexual Activities across the lifespan
作者：
Highlights：
• Few studies have explored differences in the use of the Internet for sexual purposes across the lifespan.
• We analyse the Online Sexual activity (OSA) of 8040 individuals between 12 and 85 years old distributed into five age groups.
• OSA was highly prevalent across all the developmental stages (including people older than 60 years old).
• Differences according to the age in the use of the Internet for sexual purposes were small-to-moderate.
• Gender was important when it came to understanding these minor age differences.
摘要
•Few studies have explored differences in the use of the Internet for sexual purposes across the lifespan.•We analyse the Online Sexual activity (OSA) of 8040 individuals between 12 and 85 years old distributed into five age groups.•OSA was highly prevalent across all the developmental stages (including people older than 60 years old).•Differences according to the age in the use of the Internet for sexual purposes were small-to-moderate.•Gender was important when it came to understanding these minor age differences.
论文关键词：Online sexual activities (OSAs),Prevalence,Motives,Problematic engagement,Lifespan
论文评审过程：Received 20 May 2020, Revised 27 February 2021, Accepted 3 March 2021, Available online 6 March 2021, Version of Record 13 March 2021.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106774
