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In addition, drug use during such encounters is widespread among MSM. Traditionally, these populations have been studied in order to relate these facts to their socioeconomic characteristics and not from the perspective of the structure of their relationships, an aspect included in all nursing metaparadigms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Describe the structure of the MSM affiliation network and their dating apps.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a descriptive cross\u2010sectional study with 32 participants recruited online through the apps. The data used by this article come from the same sample and the same questionnaires as a previously conducted study; full details are provided in the Methods section.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>MSM demonstrated varying degrees, engaging with 1\u20135 applications (normalized degree: 0.200\u20130.494), while venue popularity spanned from 1 to 32 (normalized degree: 0.031\u20130.500). The core of the network, including two applications and 16 central MSM units, exhibited a higher density, that is, a high number of connections (0.593), compared to the periphery (0.050), indicating significant centralization.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The sexual affiliation network of MSM forms a cohesive, extensive network, with higher app usage affinity seen among individuals who use drugs, are from different birth countries, engage in group sex, or identify with nonhomosexual orientations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/phn.70058","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,24]],"date-time":"2025-12-24T11:53:54Z","timestamp":1766577234000},"page":"246-255","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["A Sexual Affiliation Network of Men Who Have Sex With Men Practicing Risk Sexual Behaviors and Chemsex: A Two\u2010Mode Approach"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"43","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1304-1552","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pilar","family":"Marqu\u00e9s\u2010S\u00e1nchez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"SALBIS Research Group Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy Universidad de Le\u00f3n  Ponferrada Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3226-8277","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David","family":"Bermejo\u2010Mart\u00ednez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SALBIS Research Group Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy Universidad de Le\u00f3n  Ponferrada Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2172-3852","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Enedina","family":"Quiroga\u2010S\u00e1nchez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SALBIS Research Group Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy Universidad de Le\u00f3n  Ponferrada Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2958-6722","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Natalia","family":"Calvo\u2010Ayuso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SALBIS Research Group Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy Universidad de Le\u00f3n  Ponferrada Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1921-2826","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mar\u00eda Cristina","family":"Mart\u00ednez\u2010Fern\u00e1ndez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"HeQoL Research Group Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy University of Le\u00f3n  Le\u00f3n Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4450-349X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9 Alberto","family":"Ben\u00edtez\u2010Andrades","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ALBA Research Group Department of Electric Systems and Automatics Engineering University of Leon, Castilla y Le\u00f3n  Le\u00f3n Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0284602"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1609\/icwsm.v3i1.13937"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0378\u20108733(96)00301\u20102"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_5_1","volume-title":"Ucinet 6 for Windows: Software for Social Network Analysis","author":"Borgatti S. 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