Effects of exposure to sexually explicit material on sexually violent behavior among first-year university men in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescence and emerging adulthood represent a period of heightened vulnerability to sexual violence (SV). While some research suggests that exposure to sexually explicit material (SEM) among adolescents and college students is associated with sexually violent behavior, our understanding of this relationship is limited. This study aimed to assess the relationship between prior exposure to several types of SEM and sexually violent behavior in a sample of first-year university men in Vietnam.

Methods and findings

A cohort of 739 first-year male university students completed three survey waves over 14 months, providing information on contact and non-contact sexually violent behavior, exposure to SEM, and other theorized confounders of the SEM-SV relationship. Control

SUBMITTER: Bergenfeld I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9514651 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature