TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of social media exposure on adolescent sexual attitudes and behavior
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Fevriasanty, Fransiska Imavike
AU - Suyanto, Bagong
AU - Soedirham, Oedojo
AU - Sugihartati, Rahma
AU - Ahsan, Ahsan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Aside from the role of family and peer groups, social media is also one of the major agents of sexual socialization in adolescents. Since it is relatively easy to connect to the internet these days, these people now have a wider access to pornographic content that could trigger them to engage in risky sexual behaviors. This review aimed to provide an analysis of the influence of social media exposure on adolescent’s sexual attitudes and behavior as well as describe limitations of the studies being reviewed. This study was based on several electronic databases namely Google Scholar, Science Direct, Proquest Health and Medical Complete, Proquest Science and Pscycholgy Journals, and PubMed, from 2011 to 2018, which revealed a total of 1351 research articles, with only 21 articles meeting the inclusion criteria and reviews. The result showed higher percentage of studies under reviewed mention the effect of social media exposure are related to sexual attitudes, behaviors, initiation and risks, as well as parental monitoring, academic achievement and gender. Conclusively, it is recommended to educate adolescents about the negative risks of social media exposure on sexual attitudes and behavior, as well as the importance of the role of parental monitoring of restrictions on sexualized media access.
AB - Aside from the role of family and peer groups, social media is also one of the major agents of sexual socialization in adolescents. Since it is relatively easy to connect to the internet these days, these people now have a wider access to pornographic content that could trigger them to engage in risky sexual behaviors. This review aimed to provide an analysis of the influence of social media exposure on adolescent’s sexual attitudes and behavior as well as describe limitations of the studies being reviewed. This study was based on several electronic databases namely Google Scholar, Science Direct, Proquest Health and Medical Complete, Proquest Science and Pscycholgy Journals, and PubMed, from 2011 to 2018, which revealed a total of 1351 research articles, with only 21 articles meeting the inclusion criteria and reviews. The result showed higher percentage of studies under reviewed mention the effect of social media exposure are related to sexual attitudes, behaviors, initiation and risks, as well as parental monitoring, academic achievement and gender. Conclusively, it is recommended to educate adolescents about the negative risks of social media exposure on sexual attitudes and behavior, as well as the importance of the role of parental monitoring of restrictions on sexualized media access.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Sexual attitudes and behaviors
KW - Social media exposure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103550802&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.11591/ijphs.v10i2.20818
DO - 10.11591/ijphs.v10i2.20818
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85103550802
SN - 2252-8806
VL - 10
SP - 272
EP - 280
JO - International Journal of Public Health Science
JF - International Journal of Public Health Science
IS - 2
ER -