Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Multiple Forms of Sexting and Associations with Psychosocial Health in Early Adolescents.
Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Non-consensual sexting among adolescents from ethnocultural minority backgrounds: the role of native peer pressure, self-control, and sexual preoccupation.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The protective role of parent-child communication: how disclosure moderates the link between risk profiles and adolescent sexting behaviors.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- 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
- A Latent Profile Analysis of the Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexting Experiences among Canadian Adolescents.Youth & society · 2024Article
- Adolescent Sexting, Violence, and Sexual Behaviors: An Analysis of 2014 and 2016 Pennsylvania Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data.The Journal of school health · 2023Article
- Sexting at an Early Age: Patterns and Poor Health-Related Consequences of Pressured Sexting in Middle and High School.The Journal of school health · 2023Article
- Psychopathological aspects of sexting and IBSA perpetrators: A brief research report.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Association between Sexual Behavior and Depression in South Korean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Sexual Boundary Violations via Digital Media Among Students.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- A Longitudinal Study on Online Sexual Engagement, Victimization, and Psychosocial Well-Being.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Despite the recent surge of sexting research, the link between sexting and psychosocial health remains inconclusive. To address this gap in the literature, we examined the link between multiple forms of sexting and a range of psychosocial health problems. Data were from a randomized controlled trial of a school-based dating violence prevention program. Participants were 2199 early adolescents (49.8% female) aged 14 years and under (mean age = 13.53, SD = 0.50) enrolled in middle-schools in southeast Texas. Participants self-reported to be 35.4% Hispanic, 7.9% Non-Hispanic White, 26.2% Non-Hispanic Black, 18.6% Asian, and 11.9% other. Multilevel multivariate regressions found that pressured sexting was associated with hostility and aggressive temperament. Receiving unsolicited sexts was associated with depression, impulsivity, hostility, emotion dysregulation, and aggressive temperament. Forwarding sexts without permission was linked to hostility. Asking someone for sexts was linked to impulsivity and aggressive temperament, while being asked to send a sext was associated with depression, anxiety, impulsivity, hostility, emotion dysregulation, and aggressive temperament. Finally, consensual sexting was not significantly associated with poor psychosocial health of any type. Interventions should focus on preventing pressured sexting and teaching early adolescents on how to respond to being pressured to sext.
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