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Sexually Explicit Internet Material and Adolescents’ Sexual Uncertainty

The Role of Disposition-Content Congruency

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ID8359441
AuthorsJohanna M F Van Oosten (0000-0002-3443-1306, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume45
Issue4
Pages1011-1022
Publication date2016-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchives of Sexual Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-0002 • E-ISSN: 1573-2800
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10508-015-0594-1
PMID26373650
OpenAlexW1658219329
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited55

Previous research has suggested that adolescents' exposure to sexually explicit internet material (SEIM) may result in sexual uncertainty because the content of SEIM may conflict with what adolescents have learned about sex. However, research on which type of adolescent is most susceptible to the relation between SEIM use and sexual uncertainty is lacking. This study therefore investigated whether the relationship between SEIM use and sexual uncertainty depends on within-gender differences in sexual dispositions (i.e., impersonal sex orientation and hypergendered orientation). Using data from a representative two-wave panel survey among 1765 Dutch adolescents (aged 13-17), I found that SEIM use predicted sexual uncertainty only among girls with a low hypergendered orientation and girls with a relatively high impersonal sex orientation

Developmental psychology · Disposition · Orientation (vector space) · Sexual behavior · Sexual orientation · Gender, Feminism, and Media · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works13
Citations per year1,3
Citation span2016 - 2026 (11)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 12

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