Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
The protective role of parent-child communication: how disclosure moderates the link between risk profiles and adolescent sexting behaviors
Originally published 2026-03-18 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1790264 ↗
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What makes it easier for a teenager to speak about fraught online experiences?
Disclosure to parents is measured in a specific digital context, giving readers a way to examine the limits of openness when topics feel sensitive.
Who was studied?
Israeli adolescents and young adults recalling their high-school experiences
Age / stage: Adolescence, reported retrospectively
Read with three questions
- What makes it easier for a teenager to speak about fraught online experiences?
- Whose observations or reports were used, and what competing explanations are compatible with them?
- Which features of the study population (israeli adolescents and young adults recalling their high-school experiences) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
Participants recalled their high-school experiences. Memories about disclosure and online behavior can shift over time, and the study cannot establish the sequence of individual conversations.
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Michal Dolev-Cohen; Hila Shaul (2026). The protective role of parent-child communication: how disclosure moderates the link between risk profiles and adolescent sexting behaviors Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1790264
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