Popular Culture and Pornography Education to Improve the Efficacy of Secondary School Staff Response to Student Sexual Harassment

Pornography Use and Sexting Trends Among American Adolescents: Data to Inform School Counseling Programming and Practice

“…Further, the majority of a sample of school personnel (including teachers, counselors, social workers, etc.) reported that pornography negatively affects academic focus and school climate (Maas et al, 2022). School responses to these two behaviors (i.e., pornography use and sexting) vary and often involve many school personnel, such as school counselors, administrators, teachers, parents, law enforcement, liaison officers, school psychologists, social workers, and sexual health educators (Hinduja & Patchin, 2012; Maas et al, 2022; Patchin & Hinduja, 2020a).…”

“…reported that pornography negatively affects academic focus and school climate (Maas et al, 2022). School responses to these two behaviors (i.e., pornography use and sexting) vary and often involve many school personnel, such as school counselors, administrators, teachers, parents, law enforcement, liaison officers, school psychologists, social workers, and sexual health educators (Hinduja & Patchin, 2012; Maas et al, 2022; Patchin & Hinduja, 2020a). School professionals have unique roles when responding to students’ pornography use or incidents of sexting.…”

“…Both pornography use and sexting behaviors among adolescents have the potential to influence school climate and perceived school safety (Aldridge et al, 2013; Hinduja & Patchin, 2012; Maas et al, 2022). Sexting can lead to cyberbullying if explicit images are unknowingly disseminated or used to humiliate, threaten, or blackmail an adolescent (Patchin & Hinduja, 2020b) and may have legal consequences related to child pornography laws (Aldridge et al, 2013; Lee & Darcy, 2021; Patchin & Hinduja, 2020a; Zhang, 2010).…”

“…Sexting can lead to cyberbullying if explicit images are unknowingly disseminated or used to humiliate, threaten, or blackmail an adolescent (Patchin & Hinduja, 2020b) and may have legal consequences related to child pornography laws (Aldridge et al, 2013; Lee & Darcy, 2021; Patchin & Hinduja, 2020a; Zhang, 2010). Pornography use can affect school climate by influencing academic focus (Maas et al, 2022), the sexual objectification of others (Willis et al, 2022), and teen dating violence (Rostad et al, 2019). School counselors likely will be involved in incidents of sexting and pornography use in their schools (Hinduja & Patchin, 2012), and can take an active role in developing policies and preventative programming related to both sexting behaviors and sexual media literacy (Maas et al, 2022).…”

“…Pornography use can affect school climate by influencing academic focus (Maas et al, 2022), the sexual objectification of others (Willis et al, 2022), and teen dating violence (Rostad et al, 2019). School counselors likely will be involved in incidents of sexting and pornography use in their schools (Hinduja & Patchin, 2012), and can take an active role in developing policies and preventative programming related to both sexting behaviors and sexual media literacy (Maas et al, 2022). The purpose of this study was to examine recent trends in both pornography use and sexting behaviors among U.S. adolescents to inform school counselors’ programming and practice.…”