Associations Between Croatian Adolescents’ Use of Sexually Explicit Material and Sexual Behavior: Does Parental Monitoring Play a Role?

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• Autor: Ivan Tomić
• Autor: Jakov Burić
• Autor: Aleksandar Štulhofer https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5138-3644
• Autorova ustanova: Sveučilište u Rijeci; Filozofski fakultet; (Odsjek za psihologiju)
• Autorova ustanova: Sveučilište u Zagrebu; Filozofski fakultet; (Odsjek za psihologiju)
• Autorova ustanova: Sveučilište u Zagrebu; Filozofski fakultet; (Odsjek za sociologiju)
• Znanstveno / umjetničko područje, polje i grana: DRUŠTVENE ZNANOSTI; Psihologija
• Znanstveno / umjetničko područje, polje i grana: DRUŠTVENE ZNANOSTI; Sociologija

Sažetak (engleski)

The use of sexually explicit material (SEM) has become a part of adolescent sexual socialization, at least in the Western world. Adolescent and young people’s SEM use has been associated with risky sexual behaviors, which has recently resulted in policy debates about restricting access to SEM. Such development seems to suggest a crisis of the preventive role of parental oversight. Based on the Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects Model, this study assessed the role of parental monitoring in the context of adolescent vulnerability to SEM-associated risky or potentially adverse outcomes (sexual activity, sexual aggressiveness, and sexting). Using an online sample of Croatian 16-year-olds (N = 1265) and structural equation modeling approach, parental monitoring was found consistently and negatively related to the problematic behavioral outcomes, regardless of participants’ gender. While SEM use was related to sexual experience and sexting, higher levels of parental monitoring were associated with less frequent SEM use and lower acceptance of sexual permissiveness. Despite parents’ fears about losing the ability to monitor their adolescent children’s lives in the Internet era, there is evidence that parental engagement remains an important protective factor.

• Ključne riječi (engleski): Adolescents; Sexually explicit material; Parental monitoring; Sexual experience; Sexting; Sexual aggressiveness
• Jezik: engleski
• Vrsta publikacije: Znanstveni rad - Izvorni znanstveni rad
• Status objave: Objavljen
• Vrsta recenzije: Recenziran - međunarodna recenzija
• Verzija publikacije: Završna verzija rukopisa prihvaćena za objavljivanje (postprint)
• Naslov časopisa: Archives of Sexual Behavior
• Brojčani podaci: vol. 47, br. 6, str. 1881-1893
• p-ISSN: 0004-0002
• e-ISSN: 1573-2800
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-1097-z
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:529736
• Datum objave publikacije: 2017-10-25
• Projekt: Šifra: IP-2013-11-9221; Naziv (hrvatski): Prospektivno biopsihosocijalno istraživanje utjecaja seksualno eksplicitnih materijala na socijalizaciju i zdravlje mladih; Kratica: PROBIOPS SEM STUDY; Voditelj: Aleksandar Štulhofer; Pravna nadležnost: Hrvatska; Financijer: HRZZ; Linija financiranja: IP
• URL dokumenta: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10508-017-1097-z
• Vrsta resursa: Tekst
• Prava pristupa: Otvoreni pristup
• Javna napomena: This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Archives of Sexual Behavior. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-1097-z. The original version of this article was revised. The versions of Figures 2–4 presented in the original version of this article were incomplete. In all three figures, structural paths were omitted. The article has been updated to provide the correct figures. A correction to this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1159-x.
• Datum i vrijeme pohrane: 2019-10-25 14:59:59