Exposure to sexually explicit media in early adolescence is related to risky sexual behavior in emerging adulthood.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Sexually explicit media exposure during early adolescence has been found to be associated with risky sexual behavior. However, previous study suffered from methodological issue, such as selection bias. Furthermore, little is known about the effect of multi-modality sexually explicit media exposure on risky sexual behavior, and how this relationship can be applied to non-western societies. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to improve upon previous studies by using instrumental variable estimation. In addition, this study also included multi-modality of sexually explicit media and three risky sexual behavior measure from a sample of Taiwanese adolescents. METHODS:Participants were recruited from a prospective longitudinal study (Taiwan Youth Project). All were in 7th grade (mean age = 1

SUBMITTER: Lin WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7147756 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature