Sexting prevalence in high-school students depends on the addressee, media format, explicitness of sexts, and gender

Cristian Molla-Esparza; Josep María Losilla; Emelina López-González

doi:10.1080/0144929X.2022.2150563

Sexting prevalence in high-school students depends on the addressee, media format, explicitness of sexts, and gender

Cristian Molla-Esparza^*, Josep María Losilla, Emelina López-González

^*Autor correspondiente de este trabajo

Universitat de València (UV)

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Este estudio tiene como objetivo contribuir a la literatura actual sobre la prevalencia del sexting en adolescentes mediante el reporte de una descripción y caracterización precisa de los participantes basada en la escala A-SextS para el sexting en adolescentes, un instrumento estandarizado de medición. El estudio incluye una muestra por conveniencia de 579 estudiantes secundarios españoles (52.7% hombres; rango intercuartil 13-15 años). Se les preguntó a los participantes sobre cinco conductas activas del sexting (envío de mensajes sexuales; llamadas de voz con contenido sexual; videollamadas con contenido sexual; publicación de contenido sexual en Internet o redes sociales; transmisión en vivo de video con contenido sexual en Internet o redes sociales) con un propósito amoroso o sexual, durante el mes previo a la encuesta, distinguiendo entre tres posibles destinatarios (novio/novia; alguien conocido personalmente; alguien solo conocido por internet), tres formatos de medios (mensajes de texto; imágenes o videos; y mensajes de audio) y tres niveles de explicitud sexual (desnudos; ropa interior; y vestido pero en una pose sexy). Tanto la proporción de estudiantes que informaron haber participado en todas las conductas individuales del sexting como el número de veces que lo hicieron durante el período de estudio fueron más altos cuando se informó al destinatario como su pareja romántica. Aproximadamente la mitad de los participantes reportó haberse involucrado en el sexting con un compañero o alguien conocido personalmente, mientras que una quinta parte sexted con alguien que solo conocían online. Además, un tercio de las adolescentes publicó algún tipo de sext y una décima se presentó en una transmisión en vivo. El intercambio de mensajes sexuales desnudos fue menos frecuente que los que representaban al sujeto en ropa interior o más bien vestido y en una pose sexy. Las niñas publicaron significativamente más imágenes o videos tanto en ropa interior como vestidas y en una pose sexy que los niños, y las niñas también hicieron más videollamadas con contenido sexual en respuesta a la solicitud de alguien conocido personalmente que los hombres.

Idioma original	Inglés
Publicación	Behaviour and Information Technology
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2022.2150563
Estado	Publicada - 30 nov 2022

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