TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescents' experience with sex on the web
T2 - Results from online focus groups
AU - Cameron, Kenzie A.
AU - Salazar, Laura F.
AU - Bernhardt, Jay M.
AU - Burgess-Whitman, Nan
AU - Wingood, Gina M.
AU - DiClemente, Ralph J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from the Center for Mental Health research on AIDS, National Institute of Mental Health (1 R01 MH63696) to the last author.
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - To discover adolescent Internet users' experiences with, exposure to, and perceptions of sexually oriented websites (SOW) and sexually explicit websites (SEW), four web-based focus groups (N = 40) were conducted. Participants (ages 14-17) reported high levels of exposure to SEW and SOW, which was intentional for some and unsolicited for others. Female adolescents found SEW to be socially distasteful; some adolescent males avoided SEW while others were willing consumers. Participants believed exposure to SEW had no influence on them, and reported that their parents were unaware of what they view online. Future research should explore the effects of exposure to SEW and to SOW and mediating factors.
AB - To discover adolescent Internet users' experiences with, exposure to, and perceptions of sexually oriented websites (SOW) and sexually explicit websites (SEW), four web-based focus groups (N = 40) were conducted. Participants (ages 14-17) reported high levels of exposure to SEW and SOW, which was intentional for some and unsolicited for others. Female adolescents found SEW to be socially distasteful; some adolescent males avoided SEW while others were willing consumers. Participants believed exposure to SEW had no influence on them, and reported that their parents were unaware of what they view online. Future research should explore the effects of exposure to SEW and to SOW and mediating factors.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.10.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 16022887
AN - SCOPUS:21844467975
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 28
SP - 535
EP - 540
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
IS - 4
ER -