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Sexting in Young Adults: A Normative Sexual Behavior.
Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Adolescent Sexting in Romantic Relationships and Daily Positive and Negative Affect Dynamics: A Dyadic Intensive Longitudinal Study.Computers in human behavior · 2026Article
- "Liking You Doesn't Mean I Want Your Dickpic": (Cyber)Rape Culture Predicts Women's Perception and Emotional Responses to Unsolicited Genital Images.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Development and Characteristics of Sexting from Age 14 to 18 Years in a Norwegian Birth Cohort.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Who Sexts? An Analysis of Psychological Predictors in Adolescents and Emerging Adults.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
- The Nature of Self-Generated Intimate Images by Children Aged 7 to 10: A Scoping Review.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Safe Sexting, Sexual Orientation, and Gender: Risky Sexting in a Community Sample.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Sexting for the Right Reasons: A Longitudinal Mediation Study.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Investigating the links between sexting patterns, gender, sexual orientation and psychological distress: A cluster analysis.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
With the advancement of technology, sexting has become more prominent in high school and university samples. The current study examined the rates and characteristics of sexting among an online sample of 2,828 young adults aged 18-30, primarily from the U.S. and Canada. We found that most participants sext (81%), sext often (most report ≥ 11 sexts), and start young (most by 16-17 years of age). Common reasons for sexting echoed reasons for participating in other normative sexual behaviors, including that it was sexually arousing, they were asked and wanted to reciprocate, or they wanted to flirt. Sexual coercion was a gendered phenomenon, with 1 in 10 cisgender women and 1 in 50 cisgender men reporting having sent a sext due to being threatened. The body parts captured in cisgender men's sexts were more diverse, whereas cisgender women focused on their chest, underwear/genitalia, and stomach. Sexual orientation was also found to be a relevant factor, with different patterns in sexting experiences emerging across identities. The current study adds to the mounting evidence that sexting is a normative sexual behavior. Sexual education programs should provide youth with information on consent and safe sexting practices rather than follow an abstinence approach.
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