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Online harmful sexual behaviours

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Australia
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esafety position statement on online harmful sexual behaviours (2020)

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Parent-adolescent sexual communication and adolecent safer sex behavior: a meta-analysis

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International
adolescence
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pornography
protective behaviours
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STIs and BBVs

An article describing the importance of parent-adolescent communication to reduce risky sexual behaviour in young people.

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Sexting and young people (2015)

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Australia
consent
intimate relationships
law
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sexting

47% of young people have engaged in sending and receiving sexually suggestive pictures (sexting). Report to the Criminology Research Advisory Council.

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The effects of pornography on children and young people: An evidence scan

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Australia
adolescence
body image
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health education
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mental health
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sexualisation

In 2016, the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) was engaged by the Department of Social Services to review what the available research evidence tells us about the impact exposure to and consumption of online pornography has on children and young people.

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What bothers Australian kids online? Children comment on bullies, porn and violence

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Australia
adolescence
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A report on what Australian children from age 9 to 16 say about troubling content online. Children are exposed to cyberbully, pornographic content and violence from a young age. This study was modelled on a similar report that was done across 25 European counties in 2013.

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Young people, sex and relationships: The new norms (2014)

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adolescence
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A UK report that examines how young people can be educated about sex and relationships in this age of digital, mobile communications .