Pornography use and sexting amongst children and young people: a systematic overview of reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young people's use of pornography and participation in sexting are commonly viewed as harmful behaviours. This paper reports findings from a 'review of reviews', which aimed to systematically identify and synthesise the evidence on pornography and sexting amongst young people. Here, we focus specifically on the evidence relating to young people's use of pornography; involvement in sexting; and their beliefs, attitudes, behaviours and wellbeing to better understand potential harms and benefits, and identify where future research is required.

Methods

We searched five health and social science databases; searches for grey literature were also performed. Review quality was assessed and findings synthesised narratively.

Results

Eleven reviews of quantitative and

SUBMITTER: Raine G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7720575 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature