Does country context matter? Investigating the predictors of teen sexting across Europe

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Highlights:

• Individual- as well as country-level predictors of sexting were investigated.

• The sample consisted of 14,946 adolescents aged 11–16 from 20 European countries.

• Age, sensation seeking, and internet use predicted sexting across all countries.

• Gender differences varied across countries.

• In more traditional countries, gender differences were more pronounced.

摘要

•Individual- as well as country-level predictors of sexting were investigated.•The sample consisted of 14,946 adolescents aged 11–16 from 20 European countries.•Age, sensation seeking, and internet use predicted sexting across all countries.•Gender differences varied across countries.•In more traditional countries, gender differences were more pronounced.

论文关键词:Sexting,Gender differences,Adolescents,Internet,Cross-national comparison

论文评审过程:Available online 24 February 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.041