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## Abstract ## Background Young people’s use of pornography and participation in sexting are commonly viewed as harmful behaviours. This paper reports findings from a ‘review of reviews’, which aimed to systematically identify and synthesise the evidence on pornography and sexting amongst young people. Here, we focus specifically on the evidence relating to young people’s use of pornography; involvement in sexting; and their beliefs, attitudes, behaviours and wellbeing to better understand potential harms and benefits, and identify where future research is required. ## Methods We searched five health and social science databases; searches for grey literature were also performed. Review quality was assessed and findings synthesised narratively. ## Results Eleven reviews of quantitative and/or qualitative studies were included. A relationship was identified between pornography use and more permissive sexual attitudes. An association between pornography use and stronger gender-stereotypical sexual beliefs was also reported, but not consistently. Similarly, inconsistent evidence of an association between pornography use and sexting and sexual behaviour was identified. Pornography use h

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Author

Raine, Gary; Khouja, Claire; Scott, Rachel; Wright, Kath; Sowden, Amanda J.

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 2046-4053)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)