Introduction: The development of digital technology over the las. few decades.has.facilitated acces. to webs.tes.and videos.in the field of s.xuality, eliminating many of the boundaries.that were res.rictive for s.me ...
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Introduction: The development of digital technology over the las. few decades.has.facilitated acces. to webs.tes.and videos.in the field of s.xuality, eliminating many of the boundaries.that were res.rictive for s.me and protective for others. While this.evolution has.favored better information s.aring, it has.als. precipitated the emergence of an entirely new phenomenon: cybers.xuality. Objective: The aim of this.s.udy was.to inves.igate addiction to cybers.xuality in s.hools.in the city of Parakou in 2023. Methods. Des.riptive cros.-s.ctional s.udy conducted in general, technical and vocational s.condary s.hools.in Parakou, northern Benin, from December 2022 to s.ptember 2023. A s.lf-adminis.ered ques.ionnaire integrating the “s.ort Internet s.x Addiction Tes.” (s.IATs.x) s.ale was.us.d to as.es. cybers.xuality. Res.lts. A total of 482 s.udents.participated in the s.udy. The prevalence of problematic us. of cybers.xuality in Parakou s.hools.was.11.4% according to the s.IATs.x (s.ort Internet s.x Addiction Tes.) s.ale. The average age of the s.udents.was.16.99 ± 2.16 years. with extremes.of 11 and 30 years. The majority were in s.condary s.hool (67.8%). Factors.as.ociated with addiction to cybers.xuality were: place of res.dence (OR = 0.164;p = 0.017), external genitalia dis.harge (OR = 5.37;p = 0.049), s.xual partner (OR = 2.53;p = 0.010), acces. to pornographic s.tes.(OR = 7.96;p s.ion (OR = 2.75;p = 0.018). Conclus.on: Approximately one pupil in 10 is.addicted to cybers.xuality at s.hool in the town of Parakou/Parakou city, Benin. The multiple cons.quences.of this.addiction call for effective preventive actions.aimed at vulnerable groups.of pupils.
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