Quantitative Study of Prevalence and Vulnerability Factors of Active Cyber Sexuality Among Teenagers in West Normandy

Sex Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prevalence and Vulnerability Factors of Active Cybersexuality Among Teenagers (15 - 17 Olds) in West Normandy.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03662321
• Other study ID #: 17-192
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 12, 2018
• Est. completion date: June 12, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: University Hospital, Caen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates prevalence of active cybersexuality among teenagers (15-17 old) in West Normandy and find different factors of vulnerability that could induce this behaviour. Selection of teenagers in different schools (general, professional, agricultural, reintegration structure).

Description:

the teen completes a questionnaire at the beginning of sexual education session. This questionnaire put in an anonymous box. After, there is a debate on the subject with the speaker, teenager ask questions about sexuality.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1208
• Est. completion date: June 12, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: June 12, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• all of teenagers participate a sexual education session

Exclusion Criteria:

• <15 old and 18 old and more

• the school doesn't want to participate

• one parent refuses that his adolescent participate. If requested exclusion, the group to which belongs the child is excluded

• teenager refuses to participate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sex Behavior
• Teenager

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Lycée de navarre	Alençon
France	Cfai Uimm	Caen
France	CIFAC	Caen
France	EPEI	Caen
France	ICEP CFA	Caen
France	Lycée Allende	Caen
France	Lycée Laplace	Caen
France	Lycée Millet	Cherbourg
France	La roquelle	Coutances
France	IME	Démouville
France	Lycée jules verne	Mondeville
France	MFR TRUN	Trun
France	MFR	Vimoutiers
France	Lycée marie curie	Vire

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Caen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

References & Publications (5)

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Rice E, Gibbs J, Winetrobe H, Rhoades H, Plant A, Montoya J, Kordic T. Sexting and sexual behavior among middle school students. Pediatrics. 2014 Jul;134(1):e21-8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-2991. — View Citation

Strassberg DS, Cann D, Velarde V. Sexting by High School Students. Arch Sex Behav. 2017 Aug;46(6):1667-1672. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0926-9. Epub 2017 Jan 3. — View Citation

Strassberg DS, McKinnon RK, Sustaíta MA, Rullo J. Sexting by high school students: an exploratory and descriptive study. Arch Sex Behav. 2013 Jan;42(1):15-21. doi: 10.1007/s10508-012-9969-8. Epub 2012 Jun 7. — View Citation

Temple JR, Paul JA, van den Berg P, Le VD, McElhany A, Temple BW. Teen sexting and its association with sexual behaviors. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Sep;166(9):828-33. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.835. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	prevalence of active cybersexuality	if teenagers send, receive or forward pictures or videos nude, use dedipix, participate to skin party, speak on chats. Evaluation by anonymous questionnaire distributed at the beginning of the session. They answered "yes" or "no" or "I don't want to answer" . If They answered "yes" to one question they were considered to be practicing cybersexuality	20 minutes
Secondary	factors of vulnerability that induce sexuality on the internet	factors of vulnerability are: gender, welfare, emotional bond with parents, accessibility of internet, use internet and social network, see pornography, addictive behavior, trauma in the past. Evaluation by anonymous questionnaire. Inside, Using an analog scale for the consumption of the internet and phone, more the number is important (the max was 10 hours and 200 sms) more the teenagers surfed in the internet. For the others questions , four answers are possible "yes very well", "yes, well", "not really" "not at all" more they answered not at all more it was a factor of vulnerability	20 minutes