Use of Sexual Material Online and At-Risk Sexual Behavior Regarding HIV/AIDS among College Students Raquel A. Benavides, MCE, PhD 1,4; Carolina Valdez Montero, MCE 2, Víctor M. González, PhD3 & Dora Julia Onofre Rodríguez, MTS, PhD1 1

School of Nursing, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; 2Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, México; 3Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Distrito Federal, México; 4CIDICS, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Abstract Use of sexual material online (USMO) by young people has been connected with at-risk sexual behavior for HIV/AIDS. Media Richness and Social Cognitive theories propose that rich media offer more information with interactive and audible visual content, which could have a significant impact on people’s thinking and behavior. The objective was to determine whether USMO presented by rich media has an influence on at-risk sexual behavior for HIV/AIDS. Two hundred young people participated in the study, and it was found that USMO from rich media is connected to at risk sexual behavior for HIV/AIDS (p