Sexting among adolescents: A nuanced and gendered online challenge for young people

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Highlights:

• It is most common for adolescents to send sexts to romantic partners.

• Nearly a third of girls receive sexts from online strangers.

• Girls have much more negative experiences of sending sexts; boys have more positive.

• Online risk-taking behaviors are strongly related to increased likelihood of sexting.

• Links between sexting and different factors differ depending on who sexts are sent to.

摘要

•It is most common for adolescents to send sexts to romantic partners.•Nearly a third of girls receive sexts from online strangers.•Girls have much more negative experiences of sending sexts; boys have more positive.•Online risk-taking behaviors are strongly related to increased likelihood of sexting.•Links between sexting and different factors differ depending on who sexts are sent to.

论文关键词:Sexting,Sexting partners,Internet,Adolescents,Gender,Online risk-taking

论文评审过程:Available online 7 February 2018, Version of Record 10 April 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.02.003