Ivan Tomi?|Jakov Buri?|Aleksandar Štulhofer
Associations Between Croatian Adolescents’ Use of Sexually Explicit Material and Sexual Behavior: Does Parental Monitoring Play a Role?
University of Zagreb|University of Rijeka|University of Zagreb
use sexually explicit material sem become part adolescent sexual socialization least western world adolescent young peoples sem use associated risky sexual behaviors recently resulted policy debates restricting access sem development seems suggest crisis preventive role parental oversight based differential susceptibility media effects model study assessed role parental monitoring context adolescent vulnerability semassociated risky potentially adverse outcomes sexual activity sexual aggressiveness sexting using online sample croatian 16yearolds n 1265 structural equation modeling approach parental monitoring found consistently negatively related problematic behavioral outcomes regardless participants gender sem use related sexual experience sexting higher levels parental monitoring associated less frequent sem use lower acceptance sexual permissiveness despite parents fears losing ability monitor adolescent childrens lives internet era evidence parental engagement remains important protective factor