Thesis
Examining Young Adult's Online Risky Behaviors: Associations with Content Exposure, Family Relationships, & Sexual Communication
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
01/2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000001852
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/119427
Abstract
Given the continual popularity of media and shifts in media consumption habits, it is important to consider what sorts of implications this has on youth in America. Additionally, given the events of the Coronavirus pandemic, it has completely altered the way a young adult gets a “college experience.” Many students across the nation have had to live at home as a result, which has changed the way families interact with one another. This study sought to investigate how various factors including but not limited to: media exposure, parental media monitoring, parent-and-child communication, and sexual communication with parents may play a role in levels of engagement with risky sexual content online. An online survey was conducted at a university in the pacific northwest (N=178) to explore these relationships. Using binary logistic regression, two models were analyzed to reveal the nature of these relationships. Results suggested a partial association between increased exposure to portrayals of risky sexual behavior in media more generally as well as online, particularly when it comes to predicting online engagement with risky sexual content. While other predictors were not shown to be significant, it is important to consider the need for further research on engagement with risky sexual content online as the bulk of literature has not operationalized a scale that accurately measures this variable.
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- Title
- Examining Young Adult's Online Risky Behaviors: Associations with Content Exposure, Family Relationships, & Sexual Communication
- Creators
- Christina Griselda Steinberg
- Contributors
- Jessica F Willoughby (Advisor)Erica W Austin (Committee Member)Paul D Bolls (Committee Member)Mina Park (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 64
- Identifiers
- 99900606549801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis