Sexting and Sexual Behavior Among Middle School Students

Rice, Eric; Gibbs, Jeremy J.; Winetrobe, Hailey; Rhoades, Harmony; Plant, Aaron; Montoya, John Harold Estrada; Kordic, Timothy

doi:10.1542/peds.2013-2991

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“…The authors argue that sexting might serve as prelude or gateway behaviour to actual sexual behaviour, or as a way of indicating readiness to take intimacy to the next level. Temple and Choi (2014) did not find a relationship with sexual risk behaviour, contrary to the findings of other cross-sectional studies (Benotsch et al, 2013;Dake et al, 2012;Ferguson, 2010;Perkins et al, 2014;Rice et al, 2014) where sexting was associated with high-risk sexual behaviours (e.g. multiple partners and anal sex and unprotected sex).…”

Section: Associations With Sexual Behavioursmentioning

confidence: 69%

“…Some researchers found similar rates of sexting for boys and girls (e.g. Dake, et al, 2012;Lenhart, 2009;Rice et al, 2014), while others found a higher frequency among boys (Dowdell, Burgess, & Flores, 2011) and vice versa National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy & CosmoGirl.com, 2008). Data from the EU Kids Online Project showed that in Sweden boys sent and posted sexual pictures slightly more than girls, 12.9% vs. 10.2% (Baumgartner et al, 2014), while the studies from Ungdomsstyrelsen (2009; indicated that girls posted sexual pictures more often than boys (6.2 % vs. 4.0%).…”

Section: Socio-demography and Psychosocial Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Youth who are sexters are more sexually active (Dake et al, 2012;Dir et al, 2013;Houck, Barker, Rizzo, Hancock, Norton, & Brown, 2014;Rice et al, 2014;Sorbring et al, 2014) and became sexually active earlier in life (Englander, 2012;Rice et al, 2014;Perkins et al, 2014). In a recent six-year longitudinal study (Temple & Choi, 2014), data were used from wave 2 (spring 2011) and 3 (spring 2012).…”

Section: Associations With Sexual Behavioursmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Online Sexual Behaviours Among Swedish Youth : Characteristics, Associations and Consequences

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2015

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Online Sexual Behaviours Among Swedish Youth : Characteristics, Associations and Consequences

Jönsson¹

2015

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“…This is consistent with a recent study of younger adolescents (ages 10-15) finding boys more likely than girls to send sexually explicit messages or photos. 39 Finally, findings from this nonrepresentative sample from 8 SHCs in 1 Northern California region cannot be generalized to all high school-age students.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 87%

Cyber Dating Abuse Among Teens Using School-Based Health Centers

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Cyber dating abuse victimization has been correlated with physical, sexual, and psychological adolescent relationship abuse. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:This is the first clinic-based study of cyber dating abuse. Forty-one percent of youth reported cyber dating abuse victimization, female more than male respondents. Compared with nonexposed youth, abuse victims reported more sexual assault; female victims reported more contraceptive nonuse and reproductive coercion. abstract OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of cyber dating abuse among youth aged 14 to 19 years seeking care at school-based health centers and associations with other forms of adolescent relationship abuse (ARA), sexual violence, and reproductive and sexual health indicators. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was conducted during the 2012-2013 school year (participant n = 1008). Associations between cyber dating abuse and study outcomes were assessed via logistic regression models for clustered survey data. RESULTS:Past 3-month cyber dating abuse was reported by 41.4% of this clinic-based sample. More female than male participants reported cyber dating abuse victimization (44.6% vs 31.0%). Compared with no exposure, low-("a few times") and high-frequency ("once or twice a month" or more) cyber dating abuse were significantly associated with physical or sexual ARA (low: adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.8, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.8-4.4; high: aOR 5.4, 95% CI 4.0-7.5) and nonpartner sexual assault (low: aOR 2.7, 95% CI 1.3-5.5; high: aOR 4.1, 95% CI 2.8-5.9). Analysis with female participants found an association between cyber dating abuse exposure and contraceptive nonuse (low: aOR 1.8, 95% CI 1.2-2.7; high: aOR 4.1, 95% CI 2.0-8.4) and reproductive coercion (low: aOR 3.0, 95% CI 1.4-6.2; high: aOR 5.7, 95% CI 2.8-11.6).CONCLUSIONS: Cyber dating abuse is common and associated with ARA and sexual assault in an adolescent clinic-based sample. The associations of cyber dating abuse with sexual behavior and pregnancy risk behaviors suggest a need to integrate ARA education and harm reduction counseling into sexual health assessments in clinical settings.

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“…Sexting has been shown to be associated with other sexual activities. Sexters seem to be more sexually active (Rice et al, 2014;Sorbring et al, 2014) and became sexually active earlier in life (Perkins et al, 2014;Rice et al, 2014). However, sending sexual messages does not necessarily need to be associated with sex.…”

Section: Sexuality and The Online Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual behaviour, debut and identity among Swedish Schoolchildren

Kastbom¹

2015

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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Background: Sexual behaviour among schoolchildren and adolescents is a sparsely researched area and there are delicate methodological obstacles and ethical concerns when conducting such research. Still it is a subject that engages both parents and professionals. A sexualized behaviour or an early sexual debut (younger than 14 years) can be a sign of sexual abuse. It is therefore of importance to describe what is common and what is uncommon sexual behaviour among children and what the consequences of an early or a late sexual debut may be for the individual upon reaching late adolescence. Adolescents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are also a group that needs further attention and research since they are often described as having a lower quality of life and more often experience child abuse than heterosexual teens. Aims: The research leading to this thesis had four goals: 1) to elucidate the sexual behaviour of children between the ages of 7 and 13 as observed by their parents, 2) to investigate the relationship between an early sexual debut (before 14 years of age) and socio-demographic data, sexual experience, health, experience of child abuse and behaviour at 18-years-of-age, 3) to explore associations with no sexual debut (no oral, vaginal or anal sex) at the age of 18, and 4) to describe the relationship between sexual identification and socio-demographic background data, sexual behaviour, health and health behaviour, experiences of child sexual and/or physical abuse and present behaviour among Swedish adolescents. Methods: The parents of 418 children answered questionnaires about their child’s behaviour, both general and sexual, and a sample of 3432 Swedish high school students completed a survey about sexuality, health and abuse at the age of 18. In addition, 362 members of the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL) completed the same survey at a mean age of 21.4 years. Results: Most of the sexual behaviours among the schoolchildren were common, and in part related to, or varied with, age and gender. A small number of sexual behaviours often referred to as sexualised or problematic behaviours (for example, kissing adults with the tongue, imitating intercourse, masturbating in public, and touching other children’s genitals with the mouth) were found to be very unusual or not reported by any parent in this normative group of Swedish children. Among the adolescents, an early debut (younger than 14 years of age) correlated positively with number of partners, experience of oral and anal sex, smoking, drug and alcohol use and antisocial behaviour, such as being violent, lying, stealing and running away from home. Girls with an early sexual debut had significantly more experience of sexual abuse while boys with an early sexual debut were more likely to have a weak sense of coherence, low self-esteem and poor mental health, together with experience of sexual abuse, selling sex and physical abuse. A multiple logistic regression model showed that a number...

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Sexting and Sexual Behavior Among Middle School Students

Cited by 109 publications

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Online Sexual Behaviours Among Swedish Youth : Characteristics, Associations and Consequences

Online Sexual Behaviours Among Swedish Youth : Characteristics, Associations and Consequences

Cyber Dating Abuse Among Teens Using School-Based Health Centers

Sexual behaviour, debut and identity among Swedish Schoolchildren

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