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→Among a sample of 628 male dating app users in the United States, 36.4 percent are users of Anabolic Steroids
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* https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2017.1819#d3e552 | * https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2017.1819#d3e552 | ||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;"> | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">36.4% on men using online dating are now resorting to anabolic steroids</span>=== | ||
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A survey by Tran ''et al.'' (2019) | A survey by Tran ''et al.'' (2019) utilized Amazon's mechanical turk platform to survey both online dating users and non dating app users to examine if use of dating apps promotes risky image enhancing behavior. Their sample included a sample of 628 male dating app users in the United States. They found that 36.4% of male dating app users among the sample were users of Anabolic Steroids (AS), as opposed to only 3.8% of non online daters who reported AS use. | ||
The portion of those surveyed who identified as "African-American" were the most likely to use AS (Odds-ratio of 3.665) followed closely by Hispanics (OR 3.413) compared to Whites. | |||
The overall odds-ratio of a dating app user to use AS compared to a non dating app user was 26.926. | The portion of those surveyed who identified as "African-American" were the most likely to use AS (Odds-ratio of 3.665) followed closely by Hispanics (OR 3.413) compared to Whites. The overall odds-ratio of a dating app user to use AS compared to a non dating app user was 26.926. | ||
The survey also found that 36.4 % of male dating app users surveyed had engaged in bulimic (i.e "vomiting for weight control") behaviors vs 5.3% of non dating app users. | The survey also found that 36.4 % of male dating app users surveyed had engaged in bulimic (i.e "vomiting for weight control") behaviors vs 5.3% of non dating app users. | ||