How are sexual experiences—both online and in person—linked to the development of subjective sexuality during adolescence?
The lab is pleased to announce the publication of a new paper exploring the links between sexual subjectivity and sexual behaviors among adolescents. 🙌
Title: 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙄𝙣-𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡, 𝘾𝙞𝙨𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘼𝙙𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, this paper examines the prospective bidirectional associations between various sexual behaviors (e.g., oral or manual stimulation, penetrative sex, sexting) and sexual subjectivity among adolescents.
💭 Sexual subjectivity refers, in particular, to the ability to recognize oneself as a sexual being, to feel entitled to experience pleasure, and to develop a sense of agency in one’s sexuality.
The results suggest that higher levels of sexual subjectivity are associated, over time, with more sexual experiences and online sexual behaviors. This highlights the potential role of these experiences in the development of sexual agency during adolescence.
👏 Congratulations to Marie-Michèle Paquette and her colleagues for this publication!
To read the full paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-025-03379-w
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