title: Sexual media exposure, sexual behavior, and sexual violence victimization in adolescence.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Emerging research suggests sexual media affects sexual behavior, but most studies are based on regional samples and few include measures of newer mediums. Furthermore, little is known about how sexual media relates to sexual violence victimization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data are from 1058 youth 14 to 21 years of age in the national, online Growing up with Media study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-seven percent reported that many or almost all/all of at least one type of media they consumed depicted sexual situations. Exposure to sexual media in television and movies, and music was greater than online and in games. All other things equal, more frequent exposure to sexual media was related to ever having had sex, coercive sex victimization, and attempted/completed rape but not risky sexual behavior.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Longer standing mediums such as television and movies appear to be associated with greater amounts of sexual media consumption than newer ones, such as the Internet. A nuanced view of how sexual media content may and may not be affecting today's youth is needed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Innovative Public Health Research, San Clemente, CA, USA michele@innovativepublichealth.org.
authors.forename: Michele L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ybarra
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Victor C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Strasburger
authors.affiliation: University of New Hampshire, Crimes against Children Research Center, Durham, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D015995:Prevalence; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescent sexual behavior; sexual media; sexual violence victimization