Abstract: Objective To understand the characteristics of sexual behaviors and relationship between seeking sex partners through the internet and high-risk sexual behaviors in men who have sex with men(MSM)among university students in a city. Methods A survey was conducted in MSM among college students who were recruited through convenience sampling in a city of Shandong Province, China. The relationship between seeking sex partners through the internet and high-risk sexual behaviors was analyzed with multivariate Logistic regression analysis. Results A total of 300 valid questionnaires were collected. Among the participants, the average age of the first male-to-male sex was(17.6±1.8)years old; 7.7% had two or more male sex partners last week; 35.7% did not use condoms and 5% was involved in group sex in last male-to-male sex; 6.7% had commercial sex for money or drugs. About 86% of the participants seek sexual partners via the internet. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed negative relations between seeking sexual partners through the internet and having two or more male sex partners (OR=0.28, 95%CI=0.11-0.73) 山 东 大 学 学 报 (医 学 版)55卷7期 -郑杰滔,等.高校学生男男性行为特征及其高危性行为与互联网交友的关联 \=-and commercial sex(OR=0.22, 95%CI=0.07-0.66). Conclusion High-risk sexual behaviors are common among university MSM students. University MSM students who seek sexual partners through the internet have less high-risk sexual behaviors than those who seek sexual partners via non-internet ways.

Key words: College students, Internet, Way of seeking sexual partners, High-risk sexual behaviors, Male homosexual behaviors