Sexting, Mobile Porn Use, and Peer Group Dynamics: Boys' and Girls' Self-Perceived Popularity, Need for Popularity, and Perceived Peer Pressure

Internet Pornography Use Among Collegiate Women: Gender Attitudes, Body Monitoring, and Sexual Behavior

“…Pornography has never been as accessible and popular among young women as it is today (Carroll et al, 2008;Vanden Abeele et al, 2014). The Internet has made pornography use mainstream and commonplace (Cooper et al, 2000), providing a new source of sexual socialization that warrants further investigation into its influence on attitudes about sexuality and women.…”

“…Traditional media (e.g., film, magazines, and television) have been identified as a primary source of gender and sexual socialization specifically via sexualized imagery (L'Engle, Ward, 2003). Given that Internet pornography is inherently more sexually explicit than traditional media (Štulhofer, Buško, & Landripet, 2010), and has greater accessibility (due to mobile phone access) than traditional media (Vanden Abeele, Campbell, Eggermont, & Roe, 2014), it is likely a primary agent of sexual socialization and in part, contributes to the formation of sexual scripts among today's media-saturated youth.…”

Sexting: Between Thrill and Fear—How Schools Can Respond

“…Peer pressure plays as much of a role in sexting behavior as it does in other types of behavior (particularly high-risk behavior) in adolescence (Vanden Abeele et al 2014;Collins and Steinberg 2006;Lippman and Campbell 2014). A quantitative study comparing the influence of personal attitudes toward sexting and the role of peer influence found that young people were more influenced by the social pressure they anticipate than their own personal evaluation of the consequences of sexting behavior.…”

Whether or not to engage in sexting: Explaining adolescent sexting behaviour by applying the prototype willingness model

“…Moreover, adolescents may perceive pressure from peers to engage in a sexual activity, as it enhances one's popularity within the peer group (Prinstein et al, 2003). Peer pressure has been found to play a role in sexting behaviour among youth, as it does in other types of (risk) behaviours (Collins and Steinberg, 2006;Vanden Abeele et al, 2014).…”