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ERIC Number: EJ884244
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1059-8405
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Young People, Pornography, and Sexuality: Sources and Attitudes
Wallmyr, Gudrun; Welin, Catharina
Journal of School Nursing, v22 n5 p290-295 2006
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of and attitudes among young people toward pornography and their sources of information about sexuality. Eight hundred and seventy-six young people ages 15-25 years (555 females and 321 males) who visited a youth center in Sweden for a period of 1 year answered a questionnaire about their use of pornography, their attitudes toward pornography, and sources of information about sexuality. Although most had seen pornographic movies, the youngest boys reported viewing the most pornography. The male participants reported that the most common reason they viewed pornography was to get aroused and to masturbate, whereas the female participants stated that they viewed pornography out of curiosity. The most frequent source of information about sexuality was peers. These results illustrate the importance of sex education to give factual information about sexuality and to counteract the messages about sexuality presented in pornography. (Contains 2 tables and 4 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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