Title of article :
Social bonds and Internet pornographic exposure among adolescents
Author/Authors :
Mesch، نويسنده , , Gustavo S.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
دوماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages :
18
From page :
601
To page :
618
Abstract :
Concern has grown regarding possible harm to the social and psychological development of children and adolescents exposed to Internet pornography. Parents, academics and researchers have documented pornography from the supply side, assuming that its availability explains consumption satisfactorily. The current paper explored the userʹs dimension, probing whether pornography consumers differed from other Internet users, as well as the social characteristics of adolescent frequent pornography consumers. Data from a 2004 survey of a national representative sample of the adolescent population in Israel were used (n = 998). Adolescent frequent users of the Internet for pornography were found to differ in many social characteristics from the group that used the Internet for information, social communication and entertainment. Weak ties to mainstream social institutions were characteristic of the former group but not of the latter. X-rated material consumers proved to be a distinct sub-group at risk of deviant behaviour.
Keywords :
pornography , Deviant behavior , Adolescents , youth at risk , INTERNET , information and communication technologies
Journal title :
Journal of Adolescence
Serial Year :
2009
Journal title :
Journal of Adolescence
Record number :
1495387
Link To Document :
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