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Jeff R. Temple, PhD
@DrJeffTemple
Teen Sextingand Sexual Behavior
• Over 6 billion text messages are sent per day in the US
• Kids between the ages of 12 and 17 text a median of 60 times a day.
Texting
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Not going away
Confide, Wickr, etc.
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• Clique forming
• Sexual experimentation (sexting)
• Cyberbullying and online harassment
Reflection of offline lives
• Clique forming
• Cyberbullying and online harassment
• Sexual experimentation (sexting)
Reflection of offline lives
Complicated by:
• Anonymity
• Having to be “on” 24/7
• Sleep deprivation
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“Yes, it’s not all sexting and cyber bullying...”
The up side to social media
A new phenomenon
Sex+Texting
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Public healthImportance?
Public healthImportance?
Legal issues
Psychosocial health
Substance use
Sex
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Public healthImportance?
Legal issues
Psychosocial health
Substance use
Sex
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PublichealthImportance?
Legal issues
Psychosocial health
Substance use
Sex
Sexting results of Dating it Safe
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77.4
42
81.8
45.4
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Sexting Non‐sexting
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Girls
Boys
Sexting and Sex
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
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Chicken or egg
Sexting across waves
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Being asked Sending Asking Receiving
% OF RESPONDEN
TS
TYPE OF SEXTING
Sexting Trend
w2
w3
w4
w5
w6
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SnapChat at Wave6
Public healthImportance?
Maybe?
Sexting and Sexual Coercion for Female
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Being asked Sending Asking Receiving
% OF RESPONDEN
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TYPES OF SEXTING
Expereience of Sexual Coercion among sexters
No experience Experience
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Snapchat x Sexual Coercion
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Receiving Sending without permission
% OF RESPONDEN
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Experience of Sexual Coercion among Snapchat
No experience Experience
Thank you!
Jeff R. Temple, PhDAssociate Professor and PsychologistDirector, Behavioral Health and ResearchDepartment of Ob/GynUTMB Health
P: 409.747.8560E: [email protected]
@DrJeffTemple
