A study by Bradley J. Bond and Kristin L. Drogos (2014) examined the relationship between exposure to the television program "Jersey Shore" and sexual attitudes and behaviour in college-aged adults. They found a positive relationship between time spent watching "Jersey Shore" and increased sexual permissiveness. This effect was found to be stronger in the younger participants than in older ones and held true even when the researchers controlled for other influences on participants' sexual attitudes, such as religious beliefs and parents' attitudes. This higher level of sexually permissive attitudes and behaviour was not a result of higher overall exposure to television, but specifically to greater exposure to "Jersey Shore", a highly sexualized program.