Annotated Bibliography: Psychology 700210 Term 2 2019

This annotated bibliography, prepared by a student, evaluates Lucia O'Sullivan's article, "Linking Online Sexual Activities to Health Outcomes Among Teens." The bibliography summarizes O'Sullivan's research, which examines the relationship between adolescents' online sexual activities (including texting, sexting, and viewing explicit media) and their interpersonal and intrapersonal health. The study, based on 366 high-school students in Eastern Canada, finds that teens engaging in online sexual activities exhibit similar health outcomes to those who do not, although it notes lower quality parent-child relations. The bibliography follows the required structure, including an opening citation, summary, and analysis of the text's relevance and arguments.

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In this article, Lucia O’Sullivan discusses about the possible link between online sexual
activities carried out by adolescents and outcomes pertaining to interpersonal and
intrapersonal health. O’Sullivan mentions the motivations behind why teenagers resort to
sexual activity on the Internet, the various ways through which the sexuality of adolescents
are contextualized by various forms of information and activities such as texting, “sexting”,
online dating, viewing sexually explicit media and accessing web-based sexual information.
She briefly summarizes the past research on the link existing between online sexual activity
and health outcomes. O’Sullivan notes that despite a strong body of studies emerging on the
subject, very little research has been done that examines the impact online sexual activity has
on the health of teenagers and some of the only work in the area focus solely upon risky
behaviours. In order to expand upon the scope of the area of study, she has provided a
research that has been designed to show a number of possible health outcomes. Based on a
sample of 366 high-school attending students in Eastern Canada, the study concludes that
teens engaging in online sexual activities are as healthy those teens who do not. However the
study does note lower quality of parent-child relations among those who partake in online
sexual activity compared to those with no online sexual activities.

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Reference
O'Sullivan, L.F., 2014. Linking online sexual activities to health outcomes among teens. New
directions for child and adolescent development, 2014(144), pp.37-51.