![]() ![]() While consensual sexting is perceived to be a normative expression of young persons’ sexual repertoire (Levine, 2013) and a need for intimacy or validation (Bianchi et al., 2017), non-consensual sexting can be considered potentially harmful. ![]() The behavior can entail sending, receiving, and forwarding of sexual content (typically encompassing texts, images, or videos) via electronic means, and can range from consensual to non-consensual in nature (Barroso et al., 2023 Klettke et al., 2019). Sexting constitutes a common form of online sexual communication. Sexting Prevalence and Associated Outcomes The present study will address these gaps by adopting the Social Development Model (Catalano & Hawkins, 1996) to examine the correlates of sending sexts across individual, family, peer, school, and community levels among younger and older Australian adolescents. Current research on sexting lacks a theoretical model that would comprehensively examine a range of risk and protective factors associated with consensual sexting, and how the importance of these factors may vary across adolescent age. As adolescents may not be well-equipped to deal with the psychological, social, and legal sequelae associated with sending image-based sexts, an understanding of the risk and protective factors linked to this behavior is needed to identify areas for sexting prevention and intervention measures. However, this behavior may also entail adverse consequences including poor mental health, reputational damage, in-person and online victimization, and potentially even legal ramifications (Doyle et al., 2021 Krieger 2017a). Overall, sexting is associated with a range of modifiable factors potentially amenable to intervention.Ĭonsensual sending of sexts among adolescents is considered normative (Bianchi et al., 2017). Among older adolescents, adaptive coping was associated with reduced engagement in sexting, while higher parental overcontrol and family conflict increased the odds of sending sexts. Multigroup analyses revealed that lifetime substance use was associated with a greater likelihood of sending sexts among younger teens. Logistic regression analyses revealed that the Social Development Model accounted for 45.8% of variance in sexting, with greater likelihood of sending sexts being associated with older age, prior sexual activity, school sector, physical activity, lifetime substance use, greater depressive symptoms, sensation seeking, and perceived substance availability in the community. Results indicated that 146 (11.7%) participants sent a sext (76 boys and 70 girls). The sample included 1302 teenagers from Victoria, Australia ( M age = 14.54, SD = 1.14, 50.8% girls). ![]() This study investigated the utility of the Social Development Model to predict a range of risk and protective factors across individual, family, peer, school, and community-level factors. Further, there is a lack of systematic evaluation of how the importance of these factors may vary across adolescent age. Current sexting research lacks a comprehensive theoretical framework identifying a range of risk and protective factors underpinning adolescent consensual sending of sexts across individual, interpersonal, and distal levels. Although consensual sending of sexts between adolescents is considered developmentally appropriate, it may also entail a range of negative consequences.
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