Intimate Partner Cyberstalking, Sexism, Pornography, and Sexting in Adolescents: New Challenges for Sex Education

Yolanda Rodríguez-Castro, Rosana Martínez-Román, Patricia Alonso-Ruido, Alba Adá-Lameiras and María Victoria Carrera-Fernández
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Yolanda Rodríguez-Castro: Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
Rosana Martínez-Román: Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
Patricia Alonso-Ruido: Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Alba Adá-Lameiras: Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, Carlos III of Madrid, 28903 Madrid, Spain
María Victoria Carrera-Fernández: Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: Background: Within the context of the widespread use of technologies by adolescents, the objectives of this study were to identify the perpetrators of intimate partner cyberstalking (IPCS) in adolescents; to analyze the relationship between IPCS and gender, age, sexting behaviors, pornography consumption, and ambivalent sexism; and to investigate the influence of the study variables as predictors of IPCS and determine their moderating role. Methods: Participants were 993 Spanish students of Secondary Education, 535 girls and 458 boys with mean age 15.75 (SD = 1.47). Of the total sample, 70.3% ( n = 696) had or had had a partner. Results: Boys perform more sexting, consume more pornographic content, and have more hostile and benevolent sexist attitudes than girls. However, girls perpetrate more IPCS than boys. The results of the hierarchical multiple regression indicate that hostile sexism is a predictor of IPCS, as well as the combined effect of Gender × Pornography and Benevolent Sexism × Sexting. Conclusions: it is essential to implement sexual affective education programs in schools in which Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are incorporated so that boys and girls can experience their relationships, both offline and online, in an egalitarian and violence-free way.

Keywords: intimate partner cyberstalking; sexism; sexting; pornography consumption; adolescent; sexuality education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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