Effects on adolescents of Early exposure to sexual content

PubMed.gov

National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine

By:  Kara Anne E Rodenhizer, Katie M Edwards 

July 13, 2017

A total of 43 studies utilizing adolescent and emerging adult samples were reviewed, and collectively the findings suggest that (1) exposure to sexually explicit material (SEM) and sexually violent material (SVM) is positively related to domestic violence (DV) and sexual violence (SV) myths and more accepting attitudes toward DV and SV; (2) exposure to SEM and SVM is positively related to actual and anticipated DV and SV victimization, perpetration, and bystander nonintervention; (3) SEM and SVM more strongly impact men’s DV and SV attitudes and behaviors than women’s DV and SV attitudes and behaviors; and (4) preexisting attitudes related to DV and SV and media preferences moderate the relationship between SEM and SVM exposure and DV and SV attitudes and behaviors.  

PsychologyToday.com

By:  Carolyn C. Ross, M.D., M.P.H. 

August 13, 2012

Children as young as 8 and 9 are coming across sexually explicit material on the Internet and in other media. Although research is just beginning to assess the potential damage, there is reason to believe that early exposure to sexual content may have the following undesirable effects...

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National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine

By:  Wen-Hsu Lin, Chia-Hua Liu, and Chin-Chun Yi 

April 10, 2020

Exposure to sexually explicit media in early adolescence had a substantive relationship with risky sexual behavior in the emerging adulthood. Knowledge of this causal like effect provides a basis for building better preventive programs in early adolescence. One prominent way is early education on media literacy...