Online sexual activity involving webcams—An overview of existing literature and implications for sexual boundary violations of children and adolescents

Koops, Thula; Dekker, Arne; Briken, Peer

doi:10.1002/bsl.2333

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“…The internet, smartphones and social networking are a ubiquitous part of modern life and have become a dominant mode of communicating, socialising, creating and maintaining interpersonal relationships, particularly for younger generations (Koops et al, 2018; Martínez‐Ferrer, Moreno, & Musitu, 2018). With identity formation and sexuality exploration being primary developmental tasks of youth, it is inevitable that children and adolescents will utilise and engage with information technology to progress these domains of their lives (Barrense‐Dias et al, 2017).…”

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The outcomes of sexting for children and adolescents: A systematic review of the literature

Doyle

Douglas

O’Reilly

2021

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction: Given associated risks, sexting among children and adolescents has yielded significant interest in recent years. Several previous reviews have examined data on the prevalence, determinants, and correlates of sexting behaviour, however, in an ever-changing digital media context, a comprehensive overview of findings regarding its outcomes is warranted. This novel review aimed to systematically identify and conduct a narrative synthesis of empirical evidence regarding the outcomes of sexting involvement for children and adolescents. Methods: Four databases were searched for peer-reviewed literature on sexting, and 54 articles were identified for inclusion in the review. The quality of included studies was appraised using Dixon-Woods et al. ( 2006) five question prompts. Results: Four 'outcomes' categories were derived, namely, psychological (victimisation; sexual abuse/victimisation; mental health and quality of life; and emotional outcomes), behavioural (sexual activity, risk behaviours, and perpetration of abuse and harassment), relational (personal connections with others & reputational outcomes), and systems-level (distribution/public exposure of sexting content). Conclusions: Findings indicate that the outcomes of sexting for children and adolescents (aged ≤19 years) are wide-ranging, some positive and desirable, others negative and unwanted. Furthermore, identified outcomes were located along a continuum spanning benefits for adolescents' well-being and relationships, stigma and associated difficulties, and serious harm or trauma. Limitations (e.g., methodological constraints of studies) and implications (e.g., informing harm prevention/intervention initiatives; further large-scale and replication studies) are discussed within.

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The outcomes of sexting for children and adolescents: A systematic review of the literature

Doyle

Douglas

O’Reilly

2021

Journal of Adolescence

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“…Moreover, the cyberfeminist perspective puts forward the thesis that digital contexts offer new spaces of possibility for the (further) development and differentiation of self-determined and genderqueer sexual identities ( Haraway, 1991 ; Ringrose and Eriksson, 2011 ). At the same time, digital spaces are also sites where sexual boundary violations can take place ( Koops et al, 2018 ). Because digital spaces harbor specific risks due to their particular contours, insofar as they offer high levels of anonymity, detachment from a concrete time and place, a broad scope, potential high visibility, and the possibility to disseminate content rapidly.…”

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Sexual Boundary Violations via Digital Media Among Students

2022

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As digital media becomes more central to the lives of adolescents, it also becomes increasingly relevant for their sexual communication. Sexting as an important image-based digital medium provides opportunities for self-determined digital communication, but also carries specific risks for boundary violations. Accordingly, sexting is understood either as an everyday, or as risky and deviant behavior among adolescents. In the affectedness of boundary violations gender plays an important role. However, it is still unclear to what extent digital sexual communication restores stereotypical gender roles and restrictive sexuality norms or, alternatively, enables new spaces of possibility. In this sense, current research points to a desideratum regarding adolescents’ orientations toward sexting as a practice between spaces of possibility and boundary violations. This paper discusses the possibilities, but also the risks, of intimate digital communication among adolescents. The main question is, how adolescents themselves perceive sexting practices and how they position themselves between both spaces for possibility and for the exchange of unwanted sexual content. For this purpose, orientations toward normalities and gender of students are reconstructed. To answer these questions, twelve single-sex, group discussions were carried out with students aged 16 and 17 at five different secondary schools in northern Germany. A total of 20 boys and 22 girls took part. The group discussions were structured by a narrative generating guideline. The analysis draws its methodology from the Documentary Method, regarding implicit and explicit forms of knowledge and discourse. It results in a typology of three types with different orientations. The study shows, that most of the students consider sexting to be a risky practice; only one type shows normality in the use of sexting. At the same time, some of the young people are interested in experimenting with image-based intimate digital communication. Further, gender differences in use and affectedness are also documented. In this way, orientations toward gender stereotypes “favor” both the attribution of responsibility to girls, and overlook the responsibility of students who perpetrated the boundary violation. The orientations of adolescents should be taken more into account in research as well as in educational programs for the prevention of sexual violence.

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“…This sexual behaviour also contributed in the increasing cases of sexual workers among the adolescents. 28 Online shaming on social media is also a form of sexual abuse carried out by the users to satisfy their sexual needs. 29 Relationship among the partners can be affected with jealousy such as online pictures of the partner with others and online messaging with others.…”

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A Systematic Review of Immersive Social Media Activities and Risk Factors for Sexual Boundary Violations among Adolescents

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2021

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Social media is appealing to the general public, especially the teenagers. This has brought about changes as the role of social media has penetrated our daily activities which directly affects the adolescence. This review looked at the usage of social media amongst adolescents and its impact on their sexual behaviour. Four databases were used in the literature search ie Web of Science, PubMed, EBSCOhost, and Ovid Medline. The search terms used revolved around social media, adolescent and social behaviour. Only English literature published from 2015 to 2020 were included. A total of 244 potentially relevant articles were identified in the initial search. 16 were excluded due to duplicates. A further 199 articles were excluded due to irrelevant population, intervention or outcome. Only 29 articles were suitable for narrative synthesis. The selected articles were analysed for risk factors and impact on the usage of social media on sexual behaviour. Sexual abuse, same-sex sexual activity, pornography, multiple online sexual partner, and sexual dissatisfaction were found to be negative impact. Positive impact included understanding of sexual role and consequences, safe sex practices and improved psychological well-being. This systematic review proved social media usage amongst adolescents have great impact on their sexual behaviour. Sexting was the main social media online sexual activity amongst adolescents which brings about negative sexual behaviours. This must be curb from earlier on which demands parental supervision in monitoring adolescence online activities.

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Online sexual activity involving webcams—An overview of existing literature and implications for sexual boundary violations of children and adolescents

Cited by 14 publications

References 43 publications

The outcomes of sexting for children and adolescents: A systematic review of the literature

The outcomes of sexting for children and adolescents: A systematic review of the literature

Sexual Boundary Violations via Digital Media Among Students

A Systematic Review of Immersive Social Media Activities and Risk Factors for Sexual Boundary Violations among Adolescents

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