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Rosana Martínez-Román

Bio: Rosana Martínez-Román is an academic researcher from University of Vigo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reproductive health & Psychology. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 23 citations.

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TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review of reviews of the literature from 2015 to 2020 is presented to provide an overview of what is known about the dissemination and effectiveness of sex education programs and thereby to inform better public policy making in this area.
Abstract: Adolescence, a period of physical, social, cognitive and emotional development, represents a target population for sexual health promotion and education when it comes to achieving the 2030 Agenda goals for sustainable and equitable societies. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of what is known about the dissemination and effectiveness of sex education programs and thereby to inform better public policy making in this area. Methodology: We carried out a systematic review based on international scientific literature, in which only peer-reviewed papers were included. To identify reviews, we carried out an electronic search of the Cochrane Database Reviews, ERIC, Web of Science, PubMed, Medline, Scopus and PsycINFO. This paper provides a narrative review of reviews of the literature from 2015 to 2020. Results: 20 reviews met the inclusion criteria (10 in school settings, 9 using digital platforms and 1 blended learning program): they focused mainly on reducing risk behaviors (e.g., VIH/STIs and unwanted pregnancies), whilst obviating themes such as desire and pleasure, which were not included in outcome evaluations. The reviews with the lowest risk of bias are those carried out in school settings and are the ones that most question the effectiveness of sex education programs. Whilst the reviews of digital platforms and blended learning show greater effectiveness in terms of promoting sexual and reproductive health in adolescents (ASRH), they nevertheless also include greater risks of bias. Conclusion: A more rigorous assessment of the effectiveness of sexual education programs is necessary, especially regarding the opportunities offered by new technologies, which may lead to more cost-effective interventions than with in-person programs. Moreover, blended learning programs offer a promising way forward, as they combine the best of face-to-face and digital interventions, and may provide an excellent tool in the new context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 citations

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TL;DR: It is essential to implement sexual affective education programs in schools in which Information and Communication Technologies are incorporated so that boys and girls can experience their relationships, both offline and online, in an egalitarian and violence-free way.
Abstract: Background: Within the context of the widespread use of technologies by adolescents, the objectives of this study were to identify the perpetrators of intimate partner cyberstalking (IPCS) in adolescents; to analyze the relationship between IPCS and gender, age, sexting behaviors, pornography consumption, and ambivalent sexism; and to investigate the influence of the study variables as predictors of IPCS and determine their moderating role. Methods: Participants were 993 Spanish students of Secondary Education, 535 girls and 458 boys with mean age 15.75 (SD = 1.47). Of the total sample, 70.3% (n = 696) had or had had a partner. Results: Boys perform more sexting, consume more pornographic content, and have more hostile and benevolent sexist attitudes than girls. However, girls perpetrate more IPCS than boys. The results of the hierarchical multiple regression indicate that hostile sexism is a predictor of IPCS, as well as the combined effect of Gender × Pornography and Benevolent Sexism × Sexting. Conclusions: it is essential to implement sexual affective education programs in schools in which Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are incorporated so that boys and girls can experience their relationships, both offline and online, in an egalitarian and violence-free way.

19 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the practices of sexting in a group of Spanish adolescents and thus contribute to their better understanding through a novel research in Spain, where eight focus groups were made, composed of 89 adolescents, from 14 to 18 years old.
Abstract: The objective of this research was to investigate the practices of sexting in a group of Spanish adolescents and thus contribute to their better understanding through a novel research in Spain. The aim is to discover the knowledge that adolescents have about the phenomenon of sexting and to investigate their behaviors and motivations towards sexting, revealing if they perceive consequences of this type of behavior. Through the qualitative approach, eight focus groups were made, composed of 89 adolescents, from 14 to 18 years old. Among the results they emphasize the ignorance of the concept of sexting, even confusing it with harassment and blackmail. Although only a fifth of the participants recognize practicing sexting, they admit that it is a very frequent practice among people of their age, especially among girls. The reasons they allude to justify their participation in sexting behaviors are fundamentally sexual in nature, while they point out that people of their age carry out sexting behavior for fun, boredom or for being fashionable. They also recognize there are certain risks derived from sexting behaviors, which affect girls more negatively. In addition, most young people are aware of situations of coercion and blackmail among their peers to send erotic-sexual content, as well as other realities such as cyberbullying and cyberstalking.

13 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the first experience of sexual violence that women have suffered through complaint tweets in the #FirstSexualHarassment Campaign and found that 76% of the tweets were from cases of multiple violence suffered against female under the age of 18 (65% were situations of sexual abuse of minors and 11% peer sexual harassment) and 24% to multiple violence against women adults.
Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyze the first experience of sexual violence that women have suffered through complaint tweets in the #FirstSexualHarassment Campaign. A total of 2,887 tweets were posted with #FirstSexualHarassment for one month, of which 688 were tweets and 2,199 were retweets. In addition, an analysis of the tweets posted confirmed that the 76% of the tweets were from cases of multiple violence suffered against female under the age of 18 (65% were situations of sexual abuse of minors and 11% peer sexual harassment) and 24% to multiple violence against women adults (21.3% sexual harassment, 1.6% harassment based on sex and 1.1% sexual assault). Therefore, sexual violence is a reality that women mostly suffer. Their first experience of violence in the childhood stage. Therefore, sex education is important to prevent sexual violence.

2 citations

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TL;DR: In this article , the morphology of polyamorous relationships through their conception and characteristics, identifying experienced and perceived situations of discrimination, and analyzing the future expectations for poly amorous relationships.
Abstract: Abstract The objectives of this study were to determine and to expose the morphology of polyamorous relationships through their conception and characteristics, identifying experienced and perceived situations of discrimination, and to analyze the future expectations for polyamorous relationships. For this purpose, 11 people who were in a polyamorous relationship, with an age ranging from 26 to 57 years, were interviewed. The results show that polyamorous people define their relationships as casual, without possession, a lifestyle that includes friendship, trust, affection, and sex. The success of this type of relationship depends on freedom, respect for each other’s spaces, flexibility of roles, and sharing household expenses and responsibilities. All participants claimed to experience and perceive discrimination by their environment and society. Among their expectations for the future is continuing the relationship, even considering reproduction. Such relationships represent a breakdown of the monogamous society. Poliamory poses many challenges in an attempt to legitimize the diversity of relationships and environments of coexistence in our society.

1 citations


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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: Aun reconociendo la enorme importancia del cambio sociocultural impulsive by las TIC, conviene guardar cautela ante aquellas posturas que tienden a reducir la heterogeneidad and complejidad de lo social a la innovación tecnocientifica.
Abstract: La innovacion tecnologica y el avance del conocimiento cientifico han supuesto historicamente factores cruciales de cambio social, hasta el punto de llevar a algunos autores a ver en ellos la causa ultima de los cambios de la sociedad. En esta linea, el rapido avance de las nuevas tecnologias de la informacion y las comunicaciones (TIC) se ha interpretado como el motor de una transformacion social de impacto equivalente a la Revolucion Industrial. Aun reconociendo la enorme importancia del cambio sociocultural impulsado por las TIC –entre cuyas manifestaciones destacan la preeminencia de las imagenes y los iconos y la instantaneidad y la continuidad en la comunicacion personal–, conviene guardar cautela ante aquellas posturas que tienden a reducir la heterogeneidad y complejidad de lo social a la innovacion tecnocientifica. Esta ultima no es autonoma de las condiciones sociales en las que se genera. Mas apropiadas que las posiciones deterministas y rotundas sobre el impacto social de las nuevas tecnologias, parecen las propuestas progresivas de los teoricos de la informacion y del conocimiento que han intentado entender la compleja interaccion entre tecnociencia y sociedad y anticipado fenomenos, como la explosion de Internet y de la telefonia movil, o la relevancia de las redes sociales digitales.

26 citations

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TL;DR: It is essential to implement sexual affective education programs in schools in which Information and Communication Technologies are incorporated so that boys and girls can experience their relationships, both offline and online, in an egalitarian and violence-free way.
Abstract: Background: Within the context of the widespread use of technologies by adolescents, the objectives of this study were to identify the perpetrators of intimate partner cyberstalking (IPCS) in adolescents; to analyze the relationship between IPCS and gender, age, sexting behaviors, pornography consumption, and ambivalent sexism; and to investigate the influence of the study variables as predictors of IPCS and determine their moderating role. Methods: Participants were 993 Spanish students of Secondary Education, 535 girls and 458 boys with mean age 15.75 (SD = 1.47). Of the total sample, 70.3% (n = 696) had or had had a partner. Results: Boys perform more sexting, consume more pornographic content, and have more hostile and benevolent sexist attitudes than girls. However, girls perpetrate more IPCS than boys. The results of the hierarchical multiple regression indicate that hostile sexism is a predictor of IPCS, as well as the combined effect of Gender × Pornography and Benevolent Sexism × Sexting. Conclusions: it is essential to implement sexual affective education programs in schools in which Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are incorporated so that boys and girls can experience their relationships, both offline and online, in an egalitarian and violence-free way.

19 citations

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30 Jul 2021-Medicine
TL;DR: A comprehensive literature search from PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Web of Science regarding school closures and its impact on K-12 students was conducted as discussed by the authors.

16 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the dynamics of cyber violence in teen's relationships and found that sexting is a common practice in adolescents of both genders and also in the context of a relationship.
Abstract: The goal of this study is to examine in greater depth the phenomenon of sexting and its dynamics of cyberviolence in teens' relationships. For this purpose, sexting behaviors, the strategies employed, and the justifications and consequences of sexting as a function of gender and place of origin will be analyzed. Using a qualitative methodology, 20 focus groups were performed, involving 222 teenagers, 54% girls and 46% boys, ranging in age from 14 to 18 years, from schools of Secondary Education (Spain). The results show that sexting is a common practice in adolescents of both genders and also in the context of a relationship. Boys and girls from the urban environment and boys from the rural and semi-rural area send more sexting contents. Boys' main reasons for sexting are to achieve a sexual relationship, whereas the girls' justifications are to have or maintain an emotional relationship. In addition, girls suffer the worst consequences of sexting. Both boys and girls cibercontrol their affectiva partners, though girls expressed it more. Jealousy and distrust of the partner are the main reasons for exercising this cybercontrol.

16 citations

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Abstract: espanolEl sexting es un fenomeno que consiste en el envio y la recepcion de fotos, videos y/o mensajes de texto de naturaleza sexual a traves de smartphones. Como en todos los demas paises desarrollados, se esta convirtiendo en una practica cada vez mas popular entre los adolescentes de Espana. Al tratarse de un fenomeno muy reciente todavia no existen muchos trabajos que hayan estudiado con profundidad su entidad y sus factores implicados. Por tanto, los dos objetivos de este estudio fueron determinar la prevalencia y analizar las variables explicativas del inicio y del mantenimiento de las conductas de sexting. La muestra estuvo formada por 784 adolescentes espanoles (52% chicos y 48% chicas) con edades comprendidas entre los 12 y los 18 anos (M = 14.44; DT = 1.61). Los resultados indican que el 24.4% ha practicado sexting en alguna ocasion, realizando esta conducta con una media de 2.32 personas (DT = 2.70). El analisis de regresion revelo que las actitudes positivas hacia el sexting, el nivel de impulsividad, la edad, ser hombre y el mantener una relacion de pareja son variables que predicen la practica del sexting. Estos resultados son muy importantes en la elaboracion e implementacion de estrategias preventivas que enfaticen el uso responsable de las TICS y las redes sociales. EnglishSexting is a recent phenomenon in which people send and receive photos, videos and/or text messages of sexual nature via smartphones or similar devices. Similar to other developed countries, it is becoming an increasingly popular practice among teenagers in Spain. Provided it has appeared very recently, scarce research has focused on examining in-depth factors involved in its initiation and maintenance. Therefore, the two main aims of this study were to determine its prevalence and to analyse the explanatory variables of the sexting behaviours. The sample consisted of 784 Spanish adolescents (52% boys and 48% girls) between 12 and 18 years of age (M = 14.44; SD = 1.61). The results showed that 24.4% have practised sexting at some time, with an average of 2.32 people (SD = 2.70). The regression analysis revealed that positive attitudes towards sexting, level of impulsivity, age, being male and having a partner are variables that predict engagement in sexting. These results are very important for designing and implementing preventive strategies that emphasise the responsible use of ICTs and social networks.

15 citations