High texting rates mediate oral sex and intercourse experience in a longitudinal study of high school students

作者:

Highlights:

• I surveyed 366 adolescents (13–17 years) about their technology use and sexual development.

• I examined which technologies mediate changes in sexual development over a two-year period.

• Higher levels of texting were linked to gains in oral sex and sexual intercourse experience over time.

摘要

•I surveyed 366 adolescents (13–17 years) about their technology use and sexual development.•I examined which technologies mediate changes in sexual development over a two-year period.•Higher levels of texting were linked to gains in oral sex and sexual intercourse experience over time.

论文关键词:Technology,Texting,Internet,Adolescents,Sexual behavior

论文评审过程:Available online 6 April 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.049