2024/09/03 by Faye Chadwick-Brown, Joyce J. Endendijk · 8 citations
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Clinical psychology #Coercion (linguistics) #Developmental psychology #Environmental health #Gender, Feminism, and Media #Injury prevention #Logistic regression #Medicine #Odds #Poison control #Pornography #Psychology #Sex work and related issues #Sexual coercion #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology #Social psychology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10508-024-02988-1
published in Archives of Sexual Behavior 53(10), 4049-4064 (Springer Science+Business Media)
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This study examined associations between sexualized media consumption, sexual double standard (SDS) norms, and sexual coercion perpetration and victimization in late adolescence and whether these associations were moderated by gender. Participants were sexually active Dutch secondary school students aged 16-20 years (N = 255, 58.4% girls). Data were collected using a self-report questionnaire at a single time-point. Overall, more sexualized media consumption was associated with higher odds of both sexual coercion perpetration and victimization. These associations did not differ by gender. Specifically, viewing online pornography and sexually oriented reality television more frequently were associated with higher odds of sexual coercion perpetration, whereas viewing others' sexy social media posts more frequently was associated with higher odds of sexual coercion victimization. Finally, stronger endorsement of SDS norms was associated with lower odds of sexual coercion perpetration in girls, but with comparatively higher odds of sexual coercion perpetration in boys. Results indicate that consuming sexualized media and societal sexual double standards is associated with an increased risk of sexual coercion experiences in adolescence.