Factors Associated with Sexually Explicit Internet Material Use among Adolescents: A Systematic Review
The advent of the internet has made pornography more accessible to people, including teenagers. This systematic review aims to synthesize data on factors associated with the consumption of Sexually Explicit Internet Materials (SEIM) among adolescents. 753 records in Scopus, Embase, PubMed, and PsycI...
| Autores: | , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Repositorio: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/726240 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10486/726240 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03002-4 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Adolescents Sexually Explicit Internet Material (SEIM) Pornography Systematic Review Psicología |
| Sumario: | The advent of the internet has made pornography more accessible to people, including teenagers. This systematic review aims to synthesize data on factors associated with the consumption of Sexually Explicit Internet Materials (SEIM) among adolescents. 753 records in Scopus, Embase, PubMed, and PsycINFO databases were sorted. 48 quantitative survey studies which presented original empirical results and addressed SEIM use among adolescents were included for data extraction, quality analysis, and synthesis. Results: The Prevalence of SEIM varies substantially between studies due to the operation of the concept of SEIM use, period of use (days, months, years) and age of participants. SEIM use is highly related to being a boy and having a relational independence style. It is moderately associated to more sexual agency and hiperfeminity for girls. It is probably associated, from small to moderate effect size, to more willingness to engage in casual sex. With a small effect size, less SEIM use is related to having more values and more Positive Youth Development (PYD) qualities, while more exposition to the online sexy self-presentations of others is related to more SEIM use. Finally, having a sexual performance orientation, sexual permissiveness, bullying behavior, and internet addiction might be associated to SEIM consumption, although effect size of the associations was not calculated. Among developmental predictors with high and medium effect sizes association, greater use of SEIM in adolescents is associated with being older or reaching puberty. The association between SEIM use and family related variables, such as poor family functioning, parents’ education and a negative intrafamilial style, varied on a spectrum of none to a medium effect size. Although did not calculate the effect size of the association, more parental monitoring was associated to less SEIM use and more SEIM use to more internalization of appearance ideals and body surveillance. Peer pressure or striving for peer popularity can account for more exposure of boys to SEIM. Two studies with a high effect size for the association between online pornography use and notions of women as sex objects, and they found that the relationship between SEIM use, and sexist views became weaker the more adolescents had learned about SEIM in their sex education at school. Conclusion: The results described show the importance of standardizing the way the evaluation of the use of SEIM. Literacy in the use of pornography for teenagers is essential to prevent possible negative impacts of SEIM consumption |
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