Previous research suggests
that adolescents' social network site use is related to their sexual
development. However, the associations between adolescents' exposure to sexy
self-presentations of others on social network sites and their sexual attitudes
and experience have not yet been empirically supported.
This study investigated
reciprocal longitudinal relationships between adolescents' exposure to others'
sexy self-presentations on social network sites and their sexual attitudes
(i.e., sexual objectification of girls and instrumental attitudes towards sex)
and sexual experience.
We further tested whether these associations depended on
adolescents' age and gender. Results from a representative two-wave panel study
among 1,636 Dutch adolescents (aged 13-17, 51.5 % female) showed that exposure
to sexy online self-presentations of others predicted changes in adolescents' experience
with oral sex and intercourse 6 months later, but did not influence their
sexual attitudes. Adolescents' instrumental attitudes towards sex, in turn, did
predict their exposure to others' sexy online self-presentations. Sexual
objectification increased such exposure for younger adolescents, but decreased
exposure for older adolescents. In addition, adolescents' experience with
genital touching as well as oral sex (only for adolescents aged 13-15)
predicted their exposure to sexy self-presentations of others.
These findings
tentatively suggest that the influence on adolescents' sexual attitudes
previously found for sexual media content may not hold for sexy
self-presentations on social network sites. However, exposure to sexy
self-presentations on social network sites is motivated by adolescents' sexual
attitudes and behavior, especially among young adolescents.
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By:
- 1Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, Postbus 15791, 1001 NG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, j.m.f.vanoosten@uva.nl.
- J Youth Adolesc. 2015 May;44(5):1078-91. doi: 10.1007/s10964-014-0194-8. Epub 2014 Oct 7.
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