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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2021 Oct 5;26(4):1279–1288. doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03485-5

Figure 1. Mean scores for the four online dating indicators by online dating patterns.

Figure 1.

Note. The frequency of online dating to find a date/hookup employed a 6-point scale with response options ranged from 1=“Never” to 6=“About once a day.” The usefulness of using online dating to find a date/hookup employed a 4-point scale with response options ranged from 0=“Not at all” to 3=“Very much.” Discouraged users are defined as “YMSM who try to find a date over a hookup a few times per month, yet perceive that GSN applications are not reliable in helping find dates or hookups.” Date seekers are defined as “YMSM who try to find a date over a hookup weekly, yet perceive that GSN applications are more useful for hooking-up than dating.” Instant lovers are defined as “YMSM who try to find a hookup over a date several times a week, and perceive that GSN applications are more useful for hooking-up instead of dating.”