Exposure to Sexually Explicit Web Sites and Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors

Braun-Courville, Debra; Rojas, Mary

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.12.004

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“…Exposure to sexually implicit content on the internet is likely to initiate early sex. 3 Early sexual activity among adolescent students has been known to influence their academic performance. 1 Those exposed to sexual content on television are more permissive towards premarital sex.…”

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Interaction of media, sexual activity and academic achievement in adolescents

Kumar

Das²,

Prabhu³

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Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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Interaction of media, sexual activity and academic achievement in adolescents

Kumar

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Prabhu³

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Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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“…Cooper, Delmonico, & Burg, 2000;Delmonico, 1997) as opposed to its use among non-clinical, normative samples. While these are important areas of investigation, given that many teens and the majority of young adults report viewing sexually explicit media (e.g., Braun-Courville & Rojas, 2009;Cameron et al, 2005), it is also important to examine potential associations between SEM use and more normative sexual and romantic relationship development during young adulthood. As such, the present study seeks to further our understanding of how levels of SEM use during adolescence and young adulthood are associated with certain sexual behaviors, sexual and relationship satisfaction, and sexual preferences reflective of those commonly presented in SEM.…”

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“…DOI: 10.1080DOI: 10. /00224499.2010 SEM use and sexual attitudes and behaviors among adolescent and young adult populations has focused exclusively on internet-based exposure (e.g., Braun-Courville & Rojas, 2009;Peter & Valkenburg, 2009). …”

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Associations between Young Adults' Use of Sexually Explicit Materials and Their Sexual Preferences, Behaviors, and Satisfaction

Morgan

2011

Journal of Sex Research

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The present study examined how levels of sexually explicit material (SEM) use during adolescence and young adulthood were associated with sexual preferences, sexual behaviors, and sexual and relationship satisfaction. Participants included 782 heterosexual college students (326 men and 456 w omen; M age = 19.9) who completed a questionnaire online. Results revealed high frequencies and multiple types and contexts of SEM use, with men's usage rates systematically higher than women's. Regression analyses revealed that both the frequency of SEM use and number of SEM types viewed were uniquely associated with more sexual experience (a higher number of overall and casual sexual intercourse partners as well as a lower age at first intercourse). Higher frequencies of SEM use were associated with less sexual and relationship satisfaction. The frequency of SEM use and number of SEM types viewed were both associated with higher sexual preferences for the types of sexual practices typically presented in SEM. These findings suggest that SEM use can play a significant role in a variety of aspects of young adults' sexual development processes. Keywords: pornography, sexual development, media, sexual attitudesYoung adulthood is a time a sexual exploration and development (Arnett, 2004;Lefkowitz & Gillen, 2006) and many researchers have explored the role of media in this process, finding that sexual images in mainstream media outlets as well as more sexually explicit materials are important sources of information for adolescents and young adults (e.g., Brown, 2006;Peter & Valkenburg, 2007;Traeen, Sørheim-Nilsen, & Stigum, 2006;Ward, 2003). With the proliferation of available sexually explicit media in the last ten years, researchers are beginning to turn their attention to the ways in which contemporary youth are being impacted by sexually explicit media in particular (e.g., Carroll et al., 2008;Peter & Valkenburg, 2006, 2009Stulhofer, Busko & Landripet, 2010).Despite a long history of research on sexually explicit media, much of this research has become outdated as a result of significant technological shifts that have drastically changed the way people access sexually explicit materials (SEM), namely internet-based access has increased substantially in the last decade (Buzzell, 2005). Additionally, research on SEM has traditionally focused on potential links between SEM and sexual violence (e.g., Bensimon, 2007;Malamuth, Addison, & Koss, 2000;Marshall, 1988) and its associations with sexual compulsions or addiction (e.g. Cooper, Delmonico, & Burg, 2000;Delmonico, 1997) as opposed to its use among non-clinical, normative samples. While these are important areas of investigation, given that many teens and the majority of young adults report viewing sexually explicit media (e.g., Braun-Courville & Rojas, 2009;Cameron et al., 2005), it is also important to examine potential associations between SEM use and more normative sexual and romantic relationship development during young adulthood. As such, the present study seeks ...

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“…The performers are often physically enhanced and they usually behave in an exaggerated way. There is evidence correlating the increased levels of hetero-anal sex in real-life with its very frequent depiction in popular pornography (Braun-Courville & Rojas, 2009;Mattebo et al, 2016;Rogala & Tydén, 2003;Tydén & Rogala, 2004). This view is also held by front-line sexual health professionals such as those at Edinburgh's Chalmers Sexual Health Centre (Hardman, S. 2016, personal communication, 16 June) and at the Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence (Macleod, D. 2016, personal communication, 11 November).…”

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The Risks Young People Face as Porn Consumers

Mead¹

2016

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Adolescents are now significant users of internet pornography. Samples of voluntary consumption were identified from 14 countries. Considered collectively they demonstrate that boys are much more interested in viewing pornography than girls and that both genders watch more pornography as they get older. By age 18 most boys are consumers. From a risk management point of view, internet pornography has not been proven to be a safe product. It poses dangers similar to any activity that has a high potential for the development of problematic behaviors or addiction through sustained overconsumption. Until causality linking pornography consumption to harm is either disproven or demonstrated to be very low, there is a strong case for governments and policy makers to intervene in the unrestricted supply of internet pornography to all consumers, particularly adolescents. The precautionary principle should be invoked to minimize the likelihood that internet pornography consumption will become a global public health crisis. Prevention of harm is always preferable to treating it. Reducing risk from internet pornography by discouraging its consumption is relatively inexpensive and easy to do.

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Exposure to Sexually Explicit Web Sites and Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors

Cited by 360 publications

References 26 publications

Interaction of media, sexual activity and academic achievement in adolescents

Interaction of media, sexual activity and academic achievement in adolescents

Associations between Young Adults' Use of Sexually Explicit Materials and Their Sexual Preferences, Behaviors, and Satisfaction

The Risks Young People Face as Porn Consumers

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