Sexting, Substance Use, and Sexual Risk Behavior in Young Adults
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Results suggest that sexting is robustly associated with high-risk sexual behavior, and at least some participants in this study were incurring new sexual risks after sexted.About:
This article is published in Journal of Adolescent Health.The article was published on 2013-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 326 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Poison control.read more
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Sexting prevalence and correlates: A systematic literature review
TL;DR: Findings are discussed in terms of the trends indicated by the data, which provided substantiation that sexting behaviour is associated with numerous behavioural, psychological, and social factors.
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Prevalence of Multiple Forms of Sexting Behavior Among Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
TL;DR: The prevalence of sexting has increased in recent years and increases as youth age, and further research focusing on nonconsensual sexts is necessary to appropriately target and inform intervention, education, and policy efforts.
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Consensual sexting among adolescents: Risk prevention through abstinence education or safer sexting?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized existing data on sexting prevalence (17 studies) and found that sexts are much more common among adults than among youths, with increasing prevalence among adolescents as they grow older.
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Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't…If You're a Girl: Relational and Normative Contexts of Adolescent Sexting in the United States
TL;DR: For instance, this article examined the relational, normative, gender, and age dynamics of adolescent sexting in the USA using open-ended questionnaires and found that older adolescents were more likely than younger adolescents to sext, whereas younger adolescents reported what might be described as pre-sexting behaviors, involving the joking exchange of sexually suggestive (but non-nude) photos with platonic friends.
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“Sexting” and Its Relation to Sexual Activity and Sexual Risk Behavior in a National Survey of Adolescents
TL;DR: Although the media has portrayed sexting as a problem caused by new technology, health professionals may be more effective by approaching it as an aspect of adolescent sexual development and exploration and, in some cases, risk-taking and psychosocial challenge.
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