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Published on: July 10, 2017
New media use and sexual behavior among Latino adolescents
Megan Landry1, Felisa A Gonzales, Susan Wood
1Department of Prevention and Community Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. mmlandry@gwu.edu
Objectives:
To examine the relationship between SMS/social media use and sexual behavior among Latino adolescents.
Methods:
Four hundred twenty-eight 9(th)- and 10(th)-grade Latino adolescents were recruited to participate in a survey. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to examine associations between new media use and sexual behaviors.
Results:
There is a significant association between frequency of SMS/social media use and sexual behavior after controlling for age, gender, survey language, and nativity.
Conclusions:
Latino adolescents using SMS and social media at higher frequencies are more likely to have ever had sex. Future research must continue to explore this relationship.
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