SynthesisThe Psychiatric quarterly2017
Does Sexy Media Promote Teen Sex? A Meta-Analytic and Methodological Review.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- An umbrella review of the benefits and risks associated with youths' interactions with electronic screens.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- Situational context of home-based sexual education in urban slums of Ibadan, Nigeria-evidence from a qualitative study.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Great Porn Experiment V2.0: Sexual Arousal Reduces the Salience of Familiar Women When Heterosexual Men Judge Their Attractiveness.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Examining the Relationship between Gender Contentedness and Sex-Related Experiences among Taiwanese Youth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Fictosexuality, Fictoromance, and Fictophilia: A Qualitative Study of Love and Desire for Fictional Characters.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Personalized Media: A Genetically Informative Investigation of Individual Differences in Online Media Use.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
Parents and policy makers are often concerned that sexy media (media depicting or discussing sexual encounters) may promote sexual behavior in young viewers. There has been some debate among scholars regarding whether such media promote sexual behaviors. It remains unclear to what extent sexy media is a risk factor for increased sexual behavior among youth. The current study employed a meta-analysis of 22 correlational and longitudinal studies of sexy media effects on teen sexual behavior (n = 22,172). Moderator analyses examined methodological and science culture issues such as citation bias. Results indicated the presence only of very weak effects. General media use did not correlate with sexual behaviors (r = 0.005), and sexy media use correlated only weakly with sexual behaviors (r = 0.082) once other factors had been controlled. Higher effects were seen for studies with citation bias, and lower effects when family environment is controlled. The impact of media on teen sexuality was minimal with effect sizes near to zero.
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