Parents' attitudes and response to their child's pornography consumption in Australia: cross-sectional survey.

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q3 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Sexual health Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1071/SH24096

Megan S C Lim, Eleanor R Johnson, Michelle H Raggatt

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Background Parents play an important role in monitoring children's internet use, shaping their child's understanding of sex, and are key stakeholders in the development of sexual health education policies. Therefore, we investigated parents' awareness of and responses to children's pornography exposure. Methods We invited parents with children aged from 8 to 20years (n =1029) to complete an observational cross-sectional online survey about pornography and young people. Results A total of 48% of parents thought that young people view pornography rarely or never, and 21% agreed that watching pornography could be part of a healthy relationship for young people. Some parents (27%) were aware that their child had ever viewed pornography. Most parents (56%) acted on this by talking to their child, while others (10%) took no action, or restricted access to devices (6%). Discussing pornography was found to be strongly associated (P Conclusions These findings provide new insights for policy responses and can guide the development of tools to support parents to respond to their children's pornography exposure.

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澳大利亚父母对子女色情消费的态度和反应：横断面调查。

背景父母在监督孩子使用互联网、塑造孩子对性的理解方面扮演着重要角色，同时也是制定性健康教育政策的关键利益相关者。因此，我们调查了父母对儿童接触色情制品的认识和反应。方法我们邀请子女年龄在 8 至 20 岁之间的家长（n = 1029）完成一项有关色情制品和青少年的横断面在线观察调查。结果共有 48% 的家长认为青少年很少或从不观看色情制品，21% 的家长同意观看色情制品可能是青少年健康关系的一部分。一些家长（27%）知道他们的孩子曾经看过色情制品。大多数家长（56%）采取了与孩子谈话的方式，而其他家长（10%）则没有采取任何行动，或限制孩子接触色情设备（6%）。结论这些研究结果为政策应对提供了新的见解，并可指导工具的开发，以支持父母应对其子女接触色情制品的问题。

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Sexual health 医学-传染病学

CiteScore

2.30

自引率

12.50%

发文量

121

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Sexual Health publishes original and significant contributions to the fields of sexual health including HIV/AIDS, Sexually transmissible infections, issues of sexuality and relevant areas of reproductive health. This journal is directed towards those working in sexual health as clinicians, public health practitioners, researchers in behavioural, clinical, laboratory, public health or social, sciences. The journal publishes peer reviewed original research, editorials, review articles, topical debates, case reports and critical correspondence. Officially sponsored by: The Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine of RACP Sexual Health Society of Queensland Sexual Health is the official journal of the International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI), Asia-Pacific, and the Asia-Oceania Federation of Sexology.