Social Media Use and its Association with Sexual Risk and Parental Monitoring among a Primarily Hispanic Adolescent Population
| Autor: | Chelsea Garnett, Karen Soren, Alayna P. Younger, Marina Catallozzi, Melissa S. Stockwell, Natalie Neu, Dina L. Romo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Parents Parental monitoring Adolescent Sexual Behavior Psychological intervention Odds 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Risk-Taking 030225 pediatrics Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Social media Young adult Association (psychology) Contraception Behavior Sexual risk Parenting business.industry 05 social sciences Obstetrics and Gynecology General Medicine Hispanic or Latino Sexual Partners Hormonal contraception Adolescent Behavior Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Social psychology Social Media 050104 developmental & child psychology Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology. 30(4) |
| ISSN: | 1873-4332 |
| Popis: | Study Objective In this study we assessed the association between social media (SM) use with sexual risk, and with parental monitoring among Hispanic adolescents. Design Self-administered anonymous survey. Setting Urban primary care clinics. Participants Primarily Hispanic adolescents ages 13-21 years old. Interventions and Main Outcome Measures Chi-square and regression analyses controlling for age and gender were used to assess associations between SM use or sexting and sexual behaviors (kissing, touching genitals, vaginal oral, and anal sex), sexual risk (≥4 lifetime partners, >1 recent partner, inconsistent condom use, and history of sexually transmitted infection diagnosis) and contraceptive use. Similar analyses were used to assess relationships between adolescent-reported parental monitoring and SM use, and sexting. Results Participants with frequent SM use (social networking sites or apps) had greater odds of all sexual activity. Ever sexters had greater odds of penetrative sex only (oral, vaginal, and anal sex) as well as use of hormonal contraception (except long-acting reversible contraception). Approximately half of the participants reported parental access to profiles on SM. Female participants had higher odds of parental access to online profiles and having a parental discussion of privacy settings. Those having privacy discussions had greater odds of “private” profiles on SM and lower odds of ever sexting. Conclusion Frequent SM use and sexting was associated with an increase in all types of sexual behaviors; sexting alone was associated with more lifetime and recent sexual partners. Parental discussion of privacy settings was found to be protective. Providers and parents should be aware of the effect of SM use on sexual behaviors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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