- Title
- Sexualized popular music and risky sexual behaviors among emerging adults from the United States and Australia
- Creator
- Wright, Chrysalis L.; Rubin, Mark
- Relation
- Howard Journal of Communications Vol. 31, Issue 1, p. 1-19
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2019.1567407
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- We examined sexualized music, dating and sexual behaviors, and risky sexual behaviors among emerging adults from both the United States (n = 1,013) and Australia (n = 600). Participants completed an online questionnaire assessing their dating, sexual histories, and risky sexual behaviors. Sexualization in music lyrics and videos were assessed using content analysis of the top artists rated by participants in each country. Results indicated variations in dating and sexual histories as well as risky sexual behaviors among participants from the United States and Australia. Participants from both countries reported greater exposure to sexualized music videos compared to music lyrics. In addition, U.S. participants reported greater exposure to sexualized music videos compared to participants from Australia, who reported greater exposure to sexualized music lyrics. We addressed four specific research questions as this research was exploratory in nature. We found that increased exposure to sexualized content in music lyrics and videos mediated the relationship between location (United States, Australia) and engagement in risky sexual behaviors. Theoretical explanations are related to the cultivation effect and the uses and gratifications paradigm.
- Subject
- risky sexual behaviors; music influences; music media; teenagers
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1438313
- Identifier
- uon:40573
- Identifier
- ISSN:1064-6175
- Language
- eng
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