How Sexual Information Sources are Related to Emerging Adults' Sex-Positive Scripts and Sexual Communication.

Allie White, Michele Boehm, Emma Glackin, Amy Bleakley

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Allie WhiteDepartment of Communication, University of Delaware, 125 Academy St., Newark, DE 19716 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8342-9448

Michele BoehmDepartment of Communication, University of Delaware, 125 Academy St., Newark, DE 19716 USA.

Emma GlackinDepartment of Communication, University of Delaware, 125 Academy St., Newark, DE 19716 USA.

Amy BleakleyDepartment of Communication, University of Delaware, 125 Academy St., Newark, DE 19716 USA.

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Abstract

Prior research suggests that parents, peers, and media are popular sources of sexual information and beliefs among emerging adults. Sex-positivity is an orientation toward sex that emphasizes open-minded beliefs and communication about varying sexual behaviors, preferences, and orientations. The current study investigated whether these sexual information sources were associated with emerging adults' endorsement of sex-positive and sexual orientation-related sexual scripts, and if these sources and scripts were associated with sexual communication among a sample of college students ages 18-22 (n = 341). Results indicate that learning from television was positively related to sex-positive sexual script endorsement, and that sex-positive scripts were associated with more positive sexual communication. An interaction also emerged between gender and learning from television on sex-positive script endorsement, and between gender and learning from social media on sexual orientation-related script endorsement. The implications of these findings are contextualized within emerging adults' sexual agency and behavior. Future directions of research are also discussed.

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College studentsSex-positivitySexual communicationSexual scriptsSocial cognitive theory

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PMID36643189

DOI10.1007/s12119-022-10061-z

PMCPMC9825060

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