Doornwaard Suzan M, Moreno Megan A, van den Eijnden Regina J J M, Vanwesenbeeck Ine, Ter Bogt Tom F M
Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
J Adolesc Health. 2014 Oct;55(4):535-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.04.002. Epub 2014 May 17.
Social networking sites (SNSs) form increasingly popular venues for adolescents to express their developing identity, including their sexual self. This study investigated how and to what extent early and middle adolescents display sexuality and romance on SNSs and the demographic and psychosexual factors associated with their displays.
Dutch adolescents aged 11-18 years were recruited and Facebook friended. Participants' Facebook profiles were evaluated for sexual and romantic references and Facebook engagement. Participants completed a digital questionnaire measuring constructs related to romantic and sexual development. Analyses included chi-square and Student's t-tests.
A total of 104 adolescents (M(age) = 15.01, 68.3% female) were Facebook friended. Of 104 profiles, 25 (24.0%) contained 67 sexual references, and 27 (26.0%) contained 204 romantic references. Sexual references were mostly posted by others and referring to others or to no one in particular, whereas romantic references were predominantly posted by and referring to the profile owner. Displayers of sexual and romantic references were, compared with nondisplayers, older, more engaged in Facebook, more sexually experienced, and perceived more of their peers as approving of sex and as sexually active. In addition, sexual displayers were more likely boys and more sexually interested. There were no differences with respect to sexual intention and sexual attitudes.
A minority of young adolescents display sexual and romantic references on SNSs. References may reflect adolescents' offline sexual and romantic experiences. Yet, they may be powerful in creating behavioral norms; therefore, guidance on interpreting and displaying such messages should be promoted.
社交网站（SNS）日益成为青少年表达其正在形成的身份认同的热门场所，包括他们的性自我认同。本研究调查了青少年早期和中期如何以及在多大程度上在社交网站上展示性与浪漫内容，以及与这些展示相关的人口统计学和性心理因素。
招募了11至18岁的荷兰青少年并加为脸书好友。对参与者的脸书个人资料进行性与浪漫内容提及以及脸书参与度评估。参与者完成一份数字问卷，测量与浪漫和性发展相关的构念。分析包括卡方检验和学生t检验。
共有104名青少年（年龄中位数 = 15.01，68.3%为女性）被加为脸书好友。在104份个人资料中，25份（24.0%）包含67条性相关内容提及，27份（26.0%）包含204条浪漫内容提及。性相关内容提及大多由他人发布，且指向他人或未明确指向特定对象，而浪漫内容提及主要由资料所有者发布并指向资料所有者本人。与未展示者相比，展示性与浪漫内容提及者年龄更大，在脸书上更活跃，有更多性经历，并且认为更多同龄人赞成性行为且有性活动。此外，展示性相关内容者更可能是男孩且性兴趣更高。在性意图和性态度方面没有差异。
少数青少年在社交网站上展示性与浪漫内容提及。这些提及可能反映青少年线下的性与浪漫经历。然而，它们在塑造行为规范方面可能具有强大作用；因此，应加强对解读和展示此类信息的指导。
