| Summary: | Social media plays a big part in people’s lives and with all the online apps people are communicating and going more frequent on dates with people they don’t really know. Previous research has shown that individuals with lower self-esteem are more likely to be sexually active and engage in a risky sexual behavior such as one-night stands without using protection. Previous studies also show noticeable gender difference in sexual behavior correlated with self-esteem. The hypotheses of this study were threefold, first; those individuals who take part in a one-night stand and risky sexual behavior use social media more often to do so. Second; those individuals who engage in one-night stands have less self-worth than those who do not. Third; there is a gender difference between one-night stands and sexual regret. The final sample in this study were 214 students (N = 214) at the Reykjavík University. The participants had to answer a survey presented through the social media Facebook. The study revealed that participants who engage in one-night stands do not feel less self-worth than those who do not. One the other hand, University students show increased sexual regret the more often they engage in one-night stands. Also, the result showed that those who more often engage in one-night stands use social media more frequently to do so. Keywords: one-night stand, risky sexual behavior, self-worth, social media, gender difference, university students. Samfélagsmiðlar spila stóran þátt í lífi flestra og með öllum öppunum sem eru í boði er fólk farið að hafa meiri samskipti og á stefnumót með fólki sem það þekki kannski lítið sem ekkert. Fyrri rannsóknir hafa sýnt að einstaklingar sem eru með minna sjálfsálit eiga það frekar til að vera kynferðislega virkir og stunda frekar áhættusama kynferðislega hegðun eins og skyndikynni án þess að nota verjur eins og smokkinn. Fyrri rannsóknir hafa einnig sýnt áberandi kynjamun á kynferðislegri hegðun og sjálfsáliti. Tilgátur þessarar rannsóknar voru þrjár, fyrst, að þeir sem stunda ...
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