ArticleJournal of adolescence2020
Popular peer norms and adolescent sexting behavior.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Prevalence of sending, receiving and forwarding sexts among youths: A three-level meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
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- Adolescent Responses to Coercive Requests for Sexual Images.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Identifying Subtypes of Image-Based Sexual Abuse and their Distinct Incident Characteristics, Victimization Histories, and Personal Correlates.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Concurrent and Longitudinal Associations Between In-Person and Online Sexual Behaviors and Sexual Subjectivity in Heterosexual, Cisgender, and Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- The protective role of parent-child communication: how disclosure moderates the link between risk profiles and adolescent sexting behaviors.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Positive and negative risk-taking behaviors in adolescents: Distinct characteristics, interrelationships, and influencing factors.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- Understanding U.S. Caregivers' Perceptions of Youth's Sexting Motivations and Concerns About Their Children's Sexting Involvement: Fall ConsumerStyles Survey, 2018 and 2019.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Navigating the Modern Landscape of Social Media: Ethical Considerations for Research With Adolescents and Young Adults.Translational issues in psychological science · 2024Article
- Digital social multitasking (DSMT) and digital stress among adolescents: A peer norm perspective.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Social media features, perceived group norms, and adolescents' active social media use matter for perceived friendship quality.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Neural tracking of social hierarchies in adolescents' real-world social networks.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2023Article
- Sexting Among Australian Adolescents: Risk and Protective Factors.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2023Article
- 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
- Interparental Conflict and Delinquency Among Chinese Adolescents: Parental Knowledge as a Mediator and Deviant Peer Affiliation as a Moderator.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionAdolescents misperceive and are heavily influenced by the behavior of their popular peers, yet research has not yet investigated this phenomenon for a relatively new and potentially risky behavior: adolescent sexting. The present study investigates rates of sexting among popular and non-popular adolescents and the association between adolescents' perceptions of popular peers' sexting behavior and their own sexting behavior.
methodsA school-based sample of 626 adolescents from a rural high school in the Southeastern U.S. (M
resultsWhile 87.4% of adolescents believed the typical popular boy or girl in their class had sent a sext in the past year, only 62.5% of popular adolescents had actually sent a sext. There was no significant difference between rates of sexting among popular and non-popular (54.8%) adolescents. After adjusting for gender and sexual activity status, adolescents who believed that the typical popular peer sent a sext were over ten times more likely to have also sexted in the past year. Among adolescents who believed their popular peers had not sexted, girls were more likely than boys to have sexted themselves; however, this gender difference disappeared among adolescents who believed their popular peers had sexted.
conclusionsThese results underscore the importance of peer status and perceptions of peer norms in adolescents' sexting.
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