Sexting, Substance Use, and Sexual Risk Behavior in Young Adults
Sexting, Substance Use, and Sexual Risk Behavior in Young Adults
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.06.011
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Bull, Sheana S.
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作者：
Benotsch, Eric G.;Snipes, Daniel J.;Bull, Sheana S.
目的：在过去十年中，手机的使用越来越普遍。年轻人往往是新技术的早期采用者，包括手机。大多数以前的研究都是针对性短信，即通过短信发送色情或暗示性图像的行为，重点关注这种行为的法律的或社会后果。目前的研究重点是通过检查性短信，物质使用和青少年性风险行为之间的关联性短信的公共卫生影响。方法：年轻人（N = 763）完成在线问卷调查，评估人口统计学，手机使用（e。例如，在一个实施例中，结果：相当少数的参与者（44%）报告了性短信。与不发色情短信的人相比，发色情短信的人更有可能报告最近的药物使用和高风险性行为，包括无保护措施的性行为和与多个伴侣的性行为。在那些发过性短信的人中，相当大比例（31.8%）的人报告说，在与新伴侣发过性短信后，他们第一次与新伴侣发生了性关系。在多变量分析中，色情短信与高风险的性行为，占人口因素，总短信行为，和substance use.Conclusions：结果表明，色情短信与高风险的性行为密切相关。许多人会与长期性伴侣交换露骨或挑逗性的照片，但至少有一些参与者在发送性短信后会产生新的性风险。需要更多的研究来了解性短信发生的背景、性短信的动机以及性短信与风险行为的关系。(C)2013年青少年健康和医学协会。All rights reserved.
Purpose: Cell phone use has become more widespread over the past decade. Young adults are frequently early adopters of new technologies, including cell phones. Most previous research examining sexting, the act of sending sexually explicit or suggestive images via text message, has focused on the legal or social consequences of this behavior. The current study focused on the public health implications of sexting by examining associations between sexting, substance use, and sexual risk behavior in youth.Methods: Young adults (N = 763) completed online questionnaires assessing demographics, cell phone use (e. g., texting, sexting), substance use, and sexual risk behaviors.Results: Sexting was reported by a substantial minority of participants (44%). Compared with their nonsexting counterparts, participants who engaged in sexting were more likely to report recent substance use and high-risk sexual behaviors, including unprotected sex and sex with multiple partners. Of those who engaged in sexting, a considerable percentage (31.8%) reported having sex with a new partner for the first time after sexting with that person. In multivariate analyses, sexting was associated with high-risk sexual behavior, after accounting for demographic factors, total texting behaviors, and substance use.Conclusions: Results suggest that sexting is robustly associated with high-risk sexual behavior. Many individuals exchange explicit or provocative photos with long-term sexual partners, but at least some participants in this study were incurring new sexual risks after sexting. Additional research is needed to understand the contexts in which sexting occurs, motivations for sexting, and relationship of sexting to risk behavior. (C) 2013 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. All rights reserved.