Youth Sexting: Prevalence Rates, Driving Motivations, and the Deterrent Effect of Legal Consequences

Strohmaier, Heidi; Murphy, Megan J.; DeMatteo, David

doi:10.1007/s13178-014-0162-9

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“…A lo largo de esta investigación se pone en evidencia que las motivaciones que justifican la práctica de Sexting son múltiples y variadas, de hecho se encuentran en sintonía con las identificadas en otros estudios (Baumgartner et al, 2012;Englander, 2012;Harris et al, 2013;NCPTUP, 2008;Strohmaier et al, 2014;Wood et al, 2015). Sin embargo, nuestros resultados ofrecen un análisis diferenciado entre los motivos que aluden las chicas y los chicos, entre los que se encuentran ciertas discrepancias.…”

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Las motivaciones hacia el Sexting de los y las adolescentes gallegos/as

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Castro

Fernández

et al. 2017

R Est Inv Psico y Educ

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ResumenEl objetivo de esta investigación es evaluar las motivaciones de los/as adolescentes para llevar a cabo comportamientos de Sexting; así como, analizar su percepción sobre los motivos más frecuentes que la gente de su edad alude para sextear, analizando las diferencias según el género y la localización. Participaron un total de 1286 estudiantes de la Provincia de Ourense, con una media de edad de 15.63 (DT: 1.35). Los resultados apuntan motivos muy diversos y variados, identificando a los chicos como más sexters en relación al envío de textos erótico sexuales. Palabras clave: adolescentes, Sexting, comportamientos, motivaciones, educación. AbstractThe objective of this research is to evaluate the motivations of the adolescents to carry out behaviors of Sexting; as well as analyze their perception of the most frequent motives that people of their age allude to sextear, analyzing the differences according to gender and location. A total of 1286 students from the Province of Ourense participated, with a mean age of 15.63 (DT: 1.35). The results point to very diverse and varied motives, identifying boys as more sexters in relation to sending erotic sex texts.

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Las motivaciones hacia el Sexting de los y las adolescentes gallegos/as

Ruido

Castro

Fernández

et al. 2017

R Est Inv Psico y Educ

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“…Both girls and boys may be informed about their responsibilities when receiving an intimate picture and the (legal) consequences of forwarding it. The possession and diffusion of pictures of denuded minors can, for instance, in the United States, prompt criminal charges based on several legislations concerning child pornography (Hinduja and Patchin, 2014;Spooner and Vaughn, 2014;Strohmaier et al, 2014). In Europe, several conventions (Council of Europe, 2001 and a European directive (European Parliament and Council, 2011) contain provisions on child pornography.…”

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Whether or not to engage in sexting: Explaining adolescent sexting behaviour by applying the prototype willingness model

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Ponnet

Ouytsel

et al. 2015

Telematics and Informatics

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a b s t r a c tSexting has received increasing scholarly and media attention. Especially, minors' engagement in this behaviour is a source of concern. As adolescents are highly sensitive about their image among peers and prone to peer influence, the present study implemented the prototype willingness model in order to assess how perceptions of peers engaging in sexting possibly influence adolescents' willingness to send sexting messages. A survey was conducted among 217 15-to 19-year-olds. A total of 18% of respondents had engaged in sexting in the 2 months preceding the study. Analyses further revealed that the subjective norm was the strongest predictor of sexting intention, followed by behavioural willingness and attitude towards sexting. Additionally, the more favourable young people evaluated the prototype of a person engaging in sexting and the higher they assessed their similarity with this prototype, the more they were willing to send sexting messages. Differences were also found based on gender, relationship status and need for popularity.

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“…Reported sexting rates tend to increase as adolescents approach young adulthood . Sexting differences according to sex have been mixed in prior research; some studies have shown adolescent females to more often report sending nude or seminude images of themselves than males, although this has not been found in all studies . African American adolescents have been more likely to report sexting than white or Hispanic adolescents in some studies, though additional research may be necessary to validate sexting rates by race …”

Section: Prevalence and Demographicsmentioning

confidence: 93%