The well - documented Type 1 stressors include experiences such as being impersonated, receiving a barrage of personal attacks, and being outed, shamed, or humiliated publicly, whereas the
lesser - documented Type 2 involves a curious or controlling boy / girlfriend or friend constantly breaking into social media accounts or smartphone devices to read digital
communications with others, feeling smothered by the quantity of digital
communications with close others, and feeling a
pressure to comply
with requests that reveal something considered highly personal and private.
First, we hypothesized that more normative sexual
communication with friends, and reinforcement thereof, would be related to youths» individual perceptions of
less sexual activity among peers,
less approval from peers to have sex,
less pressure from peers to have sex, and
less risky sexual behavior among peers (H1a).