ArticlePediatrics2014
Longitudinal association between teen sexting and sexual behavior.
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- Retention strategies in longitudinal cohort studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical research methodology · 2018Pooled it
- Prevalence of Multiple Forms of Sexting Behavior Among Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2018Pooled it
- Effects of an Interactive School-Based Program for Preventing Adolescent Sexual Harassment: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Evaluation Study.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2016Trial
- Active, Passive, and Non-Sexting Adolescents: Testing Deviancy and Normalcy Perspectives Across Risk-Related and Sexual Competence Variables.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- The Association Between Pathological Personality Domains and Aggravated and Risky Sexting in a Sample of Emerging Adults.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Examining Relations Between Sexualizing Media Exposure and Sexting Attitudes and Behaviors among U.S. Adolescents.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Online Sexual Risk Behaviors in Adolescents: Roles of Family Relationships, Impulsivity, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Longitudinal associations between positive parenting and youths' engagement in sexting behaviors: the mediating role of filial self-efficacy beliefs.Computers in human behavior · 2024Article
- Sexting Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Hong Kong and Taiwan: Roles of Sensation-Seeking, Gay Identity, and Muscularity Ideal.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Retrospective and Prospective Analysis on "Sexting": Indicators of Productivity, Dispersion, and Content (2009-2019).Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- The role of sexting in couple wellbeing for Italian women during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Patterns of sexting and sexual behaviors in youth: A Latent Class Analysis.Journal of adolescence · 2021Article
- The Relationship between Dark Triad Personality Traits and Sexting Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults across 11 Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Sexting: What's Law Got to Do with It?Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- Abusive Sexting in Adolescence: Prevalence and Characteristics of Abusers and Victims.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Development and Validation of the Adolescent Sexting Scale (A-SextS) with a Spanish Sample.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
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- Sexting and other risky sexual behaviour among female students in a Nigerian academic institution.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study examines the temporal sequencing of sexting and sexual intercourse and the role of active sexting (sending a nude picture) in mediating the relationship between passive sexting (asking or being asked for a nude picture) and sexual behaviors.
methodsData are from Wave 2 (spring 2011) and Wave 3 (spring 2012) of an ongoing 6-year longitudinal study of high school students in southeast Texas. Participants included 964 ethnically diverse adolescents with a mean age of 16.09 years (56% female; 31% African American, 29% Caucasian, 28% Hispanic, 12% other). Retention rate for 1-year follow-up was 93%. Participants self-reported history of sexual activity (intercourse, risky sex) and sexting (sent, asked, been asked). Using path analysis, we examined whether teen sexting at baseline predicted sexual behavior at 1-year follow-up and whether active sexting mediated the relationship between passive sexting and sexual behavior.
resultsThe odds of being sexually active at Wave 3 were 1.32 times larger for youth who sent a sext at Wave 2, relative to counterparts. However, sexting was not temporally associated with risky sexual behaviors. Consistent with our hypothesis, active sexting at Wave 2 mediated the relationship between asking or being asked for a sext and having sex over the next year.
conclusionsThis study extends cross-sectional literature and supports the notion that sexting fits within the context of adolescent sexual development and may be a viable indicator of adolescent sexual activity.
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