Young people’s views on sexting education and support needs: findings and recommendations from a UK-based study

Jorgensen, Clara Rubner and Weckesser, Annalise and Turner, Jerome and Wade, Alex (2018) Young people’s views on sexting education and support needs: findings and recommendations from a UK-based study. Sex Education, 19 (1). pp. 25-40. ISSN 1468-1811

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Abstract

Young people’s sexting is an area of increasing concern amongst parents, educationalists and policy makers, yet little research has been conducted with young people themselves to explore their perspectives on the support they need to navigate relationships in the new digital media landscape. To address this absence, an inter-disciplinary team of researchers undertook a participatory study with students, aged 13 to 15, in a UK secondary school. This paper outlines key study findings, including young people’s views on sexting, their recommendations for improved education around sexting in schools, their preferred sources of support, and their perspectives on the way adults should respond to young people’s sexting. Findings indicate that sexting education needs to be developed within the context of wider relationship issues, such as gender, power dynamics and trust between peers, and improved communication between students and teachers or other responsible adults. Findings may be used to consider ways of designing and communicating messages around sexting to young people within and beyond educational settings.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1080/14681811.2018.1475283
Dates:	Date Event 8 May 2018 Accepted 6 June 2018 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sexting; young people; perspectives; relationships; UK
Subjects:	CAH01 - medicine and dentistry > CAH01-01 - medicine and dentistry > CAH01-01-01 - medical sciences (non-specific) CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology CAH22 - education and teaching > CAH22-01 - education and teaching > CAH22-01-01 - education
Divisions:	Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences > Centre for Social Care, Health and Related Research (C-SHARR) Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences > Centre for Study of Practice and Culture in Education (C-SPACE)
Depositing User:	Alex Wade
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2018 10:07
Last Modified:	03 Mar 2022 17:15
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6003

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