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Identity, relationships, sexuality, and risky behaviors of adolescents in the context of social media

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Eleuteri, Stefano, Saladino, Valeria, Verrastro, Valeria·2017·Sexual and Relationship Therapy
DOI 10.1080/14681994.2017.1397953
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The use of social networking services (SNSs) has been reported as one of the favorite activities for adolescents. Over the past decade, SNSs have become some of the most important venues for connecting, communicating, and socializing, as well as identity-building and self-expression. Adolescence is the phase during which individuals construct a critical part in the process of constructing their sexual identity and gender. In the literature, it is suggested that SNSs have become venues for young people to construct and express themselves, and this can produce positive and negative effects. SNSs offer several opportunities for adolescents to explore their sexuality, and cybersex is often the first activity through which teenagers can explore their sexuality freely and without biases. SNS use inevitably affects and is related to adolescents’ sexuality and relationships with peers, sometimes with increasing inclination to risk-taking attitudes and related behaviors. Therefore, our aim of this paper was to explore and address the way in which social media and SNSs are affecting and changing not only adolescent sexuality, but also the type of relationship adolescents establish in their first sexual experiences, including possible risky consequences like cyberbullying, sexting, revenge pornography, excessive use of the Internet, and risky sexual behaviors. Specifically, research will be discussed on the development and evolution of sexuality of adolescents and young adults, also illustrating the clinical consequences.

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  • Adolescents may be particularly at risk for cybergrooming victimization because adolescence involves increased Internet social interaction, sexuality exploration, and extrafamilial social relationships.

    “Adolescents may be particularly at risk for experiencing cybergrooming victimization, as adolescence represents a developmental phase in which young people increasingly use the Internet for social interaction (Feierabend et al., 2022), explore their sexuality on- and offline (e.g., Eleuteri et al., 2017), and seek extrafamilial social relationships (Giordano, 2003).”

    From Why They Speak Up (or Don’t): Reasons For and Against Cybergrooming Disclosure Among Adolescent Victims (2025) · cites this paper as Eleuteri et al., 2017

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Authors
Eleuteri, S., Saladino, V., & Verrastro, V.
Affiliations
  • Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
  • Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale (IT)
Corresponding author
Eleuteri, Stefano
ORCID
Venue
Sexual and Relationship Therapy
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2017-10-02
Volume
32
Issue
3-4
Pages
354-365
ISSN
  • 1468-1749 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-1994
DOI
10.1080/14681994.2017.1397953
OpenAlex
W2774285534
Cited by
79
References
69
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 2
FWCI
16.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
public-domain
Locations
  • Sexual & Relationship Therapy (publishedVersion)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università degli Studi di Cassino (submittedVersion, public-domain)
  • IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Keywords
adolescents, social networking services, social media, adolescent sexuality, sexual identity, gender identity, cybersex, cyberbullying, sexting, revenge porn, sexual risk behavior, peer relationships, identity construction, self-expression, internet overuse, young adults

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