Laura Baams|Geertjan Overbeek|Judith Semon Dubas|Suzan M. Doornwaard|Els Rommes|Marcel A. G. van Aken
Perceived Realism Moderates the Relation Between Sexualized Media Consumption and Permissive Sexual Attitudes in Dutch Adolescents
Utrecht University|University of Amsterdam|Utrecht University|Utrecht University|Radboud University Nijmegen|Utrecht University
study examined whether development sexualized media consumption permissive sexual attitudes would strongly interrelated adolescents perceived sexualized media images highly realistic used data threewave longitudinal sample 444 dutch adolescents aged 1316 years baseline results parallel process latent growth modeling multigroup analyses showed higher initial levels sexualized media consumption associated higher initial level permissive sexual attitudes moreover increases sexualized media consumption time associated increases permissive sexual attitudes time considering moderation perceived realism found effects perceived sexualized media realistic findings male female adolescents similar except relations initial levels subsequent development among male adolescents perceived sexualized media images realistic higher initial levels permissive sexual attitudes related subsequent less rapid development sexualized media consumption male adolescents perceived sexualized media less realistic higher initial levels sexualized media consumption related subsequent less rapid development permissive sexual attitudes relations found female adolescents overall results suggest male female adolescents high level perceived realism showed correlated development sexualized media consumption permissive sexual attitudes findings point need extended information guide adolescents interpreting handling sexualized media everyday life