Exposure to Sexually Explicit Materials and Feelings after Exposure among Adolescents in Nine European Countries : The Role of Individual Factors and Social Characteristics
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F23%3A00134012" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/23:00134012 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-022-02401-9" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-022-02401-9</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02401-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10508-022-02401-9</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Exposure to Sexually Explicit Materials and Feelings after Exposure among Adolescents in Nine European Countries : The Role of Individual Factors and Social Characteristics
Original language description
Research on adolescents’ sexual exposure has mostly focused on negcative outcomes using a risk-based lens, and there is little work on the factors that may predict exposure, as well as youths’ emotional responses to sexual content. Using a cross-national sample, the present study examined the associations of individual (sensation seeking and emotional problems) and social characteristics (the quality of family environment, including active and restrictive parental mediation) with adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit materials and their feelings after exposure. The survey included 8,820 11- to 16-year-olds (Mage = 13.36 years, SD = 1.62, 48.0% male) from nine European countries (Czech Republic, Finland, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland). The results revealed that although there were differences in the prevalence of youths’ sexual exposure by country, there were also similarities in the characteristics underlying exposure and subsequent feelings across different country contexts. No significant relationship was found between active parental mediation and exposure in most countries, and the findings regarding restrictive parental mediation were mixed. Although the majority of the participants reported neutral feelings, there were gender differences in feeling happy and upset after exposure. Overall, the results suggest that exposure may not be as distressing to youth as prevalent risk-focused narratives have suggested.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX19-27828X" target="_blank" >GX19-27828X: Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent’s well-being</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Archives of Sexual Behavior
ISSN
0004-0002
e-ISSN
1573-2800
Volume of the periodical
52
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
333-351
UT code for WoS article
000847282200004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85137210202