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Understanding the Nature of Media Effects From Onscreen Exposure to Alcohol, Sex, and Their Combination
- Source :
- Journal of Adolescent Health. 65:51-56
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- Purpose Combinations of risk behaviors are common in popular media, which make it difficult to understand how exposure to risk content affects adolescent risk behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine whether media effects associated with exposure to multiple risk behaviors (i.e., combined alcohol and sex, sex only, alcohol only, and no risk) in television content have specific or more general effects on attitudes and norms associated with performing these behaviors. Methods Adolescents aged 14–17 years from an opt-in Qualtrics panel (n = 338) were randomized into one of four conditions, which varied the presence of risk behaviors (i.e., combined alcohol and sex, sex only, alcohol only, and no risk) that were featured in a brief video clip from a popular television show. We tested the content effects on behavioral attitudes and norms for performing each of the behaviors. Results Analysis of variance analyses showed that exposure to combined alcohol and sex resulted in more positive attitudes toward engaging in combining alcohol and sex, drinking, and smoking. Exposure to the sex only, alcohol only, and no risk videos did not influence any attitudes or norms. Conclusions A brief exposure to combined risk behaviors in media may increase positive attitudes related to the combination behavior (alcohol and sex), a component behavior (alcohol), and also more general risk-taking behaviors (smoking).
- Subjects :
- Male
Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking
Sexual Behavior
Poison control
Alcohol
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
030225 pediatrics
Injury prevention
Humans
Mass Media
030212 general & internal medicine
Social Behavior
Alcohol and sex
Smoking
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Human factors and ergonomics
Psychiatry and Mental health
Attitude
chemistry
Adolescent Behavior
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
Television
Analysis of variance
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1054139X
- Volume :
- 65
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Adolescent Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eb947ddaaa2547ab3e1d55d64542c0df