期刊
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
卷 40, 期 9, 页码 4531-4540出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-019-00398-4
关键词
Sexting motivations; Gender; Age; Sexual orientation; First sex; Dating relationship
The study found that sexual purposes and body image reinforcement are the most commonly reported motivations for sexting, with boys more inclined towards instrumental/aggravated reasons. Sexual purposes increase with age, while body image reinforcement shows a trend of increasing from adolescence to early young adulthood and decreasing from early to late young adulthood.
Sexting is the exchange of sexually suggestive contents via Internet, Smartphone, and Social Networking Websites. Recently, the research on sexting motivations increased in order to distinguish between experimental and aggravated sexting. This study investigated individual correlates of three sexting motivations: sexual purposes, instrumental/aggravated reasons, and body image reinforcement. The study involved 488 adolescents and young adults aged from 14 to 30 years. Sexual purposes and body image reinforcement were the most commonly reported motivations for sexting. Boys reported more instrumental/aggravated reasons, and sexual minorities reported more sexual purposes and body image reinforcement. Sexual purposes increased with age, while body image reinforcement showed a quadratic trend, increasing from adolescence to early young adulthood, and decreasing from early to late young adulthood. Finally, participants who have already had first sex reported more sexual purposes. Research, clinical and educational implications are discussed.
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