Self-esteem of Young Adolescents Using Erotic Content in the Internet

Wiesław Poleszak

Abstract


One of the properties of the Internet is an immediate availability of its content, including the erotic content. A lot of research indicates that using erotic websites leads to the dysfunctional development of children and adolescents. This fact requires taking prophylactic measures in order to reduce this type of problem behaviour. The article seeks to establish protective factors and risk factors related to the self-esteem of young people who use or do not use erotic websites. The aim is to establish the relationship between self-esteem and accessing erotic content on the Internet. EPIDAL-VIII inventory edited by Z.B. Gaś as well as MSEI Multidimensional Self-Assessment Inventory by E.J. O’Brien and S. Epstein were used as research tools. The study was conducted on a group of 3774 higher-secondary school students from five voivodships in central and eastern Poland.


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self-esteem; pornography; protective factors; risk factors; psychological prevention

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/j.2018.31.2.223-241
Date of publication: 2018-12-22 08:06:11
Date of submission: 2018-06-13 09:10:24


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