Natasha Murashev is the author of Psychworld.com, a digital magazine focused on applied psychology.
Most parents have a hard time imagining their young “naïve” teen having sex. As a result, parents wait until it is too late to talk to their child about the physical and psychological risks associated with sex and how to best stay safe. But when is the best time for the talk? A new study described in ScienceDaily suggests that the answer may be written on your teen’s Facebook wall.
University of Wisconsin – Madison researcher Megan Moreno found that sexual references on teens’ Facebook profiles is associated with their intention to initiate intercourse. Moreno surveyed 85 college freshmen with publically available Facebook profiles about their sexual experiences, risky sexual behavior, and sexual intentions of those who were not sexually active. Sexual references on Facebook pages of sexually inexperienced teens were highly correlated with self-reported intention to initiate sexual activity.
This study confirms that social networking sites present innovative opportunities for clinicians, educators, and parents to identify teens who may benefit from targeted education regarding safe sex practices prior to initiating sex.
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Comment by Mark Sokol — May 5, 2010 @ 5:16 am
Is this post by any chance related to a post from 2 days ago about posts related to sex are going to be shared more often?
Comment by Dan Peguine — May 5, 2010 @ 5:19 am
Dan! hahaha. Methinks Dan is observant. Either that, or just excellent coincidental timing.
Comment by Facebook User — May 5, 2010 @ 6:44 am
What about all the teens (and heck, the ADULTS) who do nothing but blow smoke about having a hot sex life, on Facebook AND in surveys, when they're really just, well, sitting in front of Facebook and answering various stupid surveys?
Comment by Ally — May 5, 2010 @ 7:39 am
New study shows that blood pressure predicts teens intentions to have sex! Measurements over 0/0 indicate the teen is thinking about sex.
Comment by Jeff Schnitzer — May 5, 2010 @ 10:30 am
Is the suggestive picture accompanying the article really necessary?
Comment by Anonymous — May 5, 2010 @ 12:04 pm
That's why we regular Facebook and we have the Facebook of sex
Comment by Jon Sweeney — May 5, 2010 @ 12:05 pm
They watch pornographic materials
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Comment by Dysi Coulibaly — June 5, 2010 @ 5:21 pm
They watch porn, which becomes their role model how to have sex. Then they see those facebook of sex ads on the porn sites, click on it and then they land on sites like http://seekslut.com. They will meet other girls and boys, then have the same sex like they saw on the porn sites:)
Comment by john mvich — August 7, 2010 @ 8:04 am
Meh these people shouldn't be looking for sex on Facebook, they should be looking for a Facebook of Sex or they should Join Fuckbook but personally I would just go to http://www.fbookofsex.com.
Comment by Tracy Simone — August 28, 2011 @ 7:24 am