How are consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting linked to depression and self-harm? The moderating effects of demographic variables

Sexting among adolescents has triggered controversial debates among scholars and the general public. However, questions regarding the associations between different types of sexting, namely consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting, depressive symptoms, and non-suicidal self-harm remain. In...

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Autores: Wachs, Sebastian, Wright, Michelle F., Gámez Guadix, Manuel, Döring, Nicola
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/698226
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052597
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Depression
Non-consensual
Normalcy discourse
Pressured sexting
Self-harm
Sexting
Psicología
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spelling How are consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting linked to depression and self-harm? The moderating effects of demographic variablesWachs, SebastianWright, Michelle F.Gámez Guadix, ManuelDöring, NicolaDepressionNon-consensualNormalcy discoursePressured sextingSelf-harmSextingPsicologíaSexting among adolescents has triggered controversial debates among scholars and the general public. However, questions regarding the associations between different types of sexting, namely consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting, depressive symptoms, and non-suicidal self-harm remain. In addition, little attention has been given to whether demographic variables (i.e., gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual minority) might influence these associations. To fill these gaps in the literature, the present study was conducted. Participants were 2506 adolescents (ages 13–16 years old; Mage = 15.17; SDage = 0.89) from eight high schools located in the suburbs of a large Midwestern city in the United States. Adolescents self-identified as female (50%), Caucasian (57%), approximately 15% reported that they had a disability they received school accommodation for, and 18% self-identified as a sexual minority. They completed self-report questionnaires on their sexting behaviors, depressive symptoms, and non-suicidal self-harm. Findings revealed that non-consensual and pressured sexting were positively related to depressive symptoms and non-suicidal self-harm, whereas consensual sexting was unrelated to these outcomes. Boys engaged in more non-consensual sexting compared with girls, girls were more pressured to send sexts compared with boys, and sexual minority adolescents reported greater consensual sexting compared with non-sexual minority adolescents. Moderating effects revealed that girls, non-minority adolescents, and non-sexual minority adolescents experienced greater depressive symptoms and non-suicidal self-harm when they experienced pressured sexting. These findings underscore the importance of considering various types of sexting and adolescents’ demographic variables when examining the negative outcomes of sexting. Disentangling the relationships among different types of sexting, depressive symptoms, and self-harm aids in the development of evidence-based recommendations for sexting harm prevention and sexual education programs.MDPI, Basel, SwitzerlandDepartamento de Psicología Biológica y de la SaludFacultad de Psicología20212021-03-05research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/698226https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052597reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/6982262026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv How are consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting linked to depression and self-harm? The moderating effects of demographic variables
title How are consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting linked to depression and self-harm? The moderating effects of demographic variables
spellingShingle How are consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting linked to depression and self-harm? The moderating effects of demographic variables
Wachs, Sebastian
Depression
Non-consensual
Normalcy discourse
Pressured sexting
Self-harm
Sexting
Psicología
title_short How are consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting linked to depression and self-harm? The moderating effects of demographic variables
title_full How are consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting linked to depression and self-harm? The moderating effects of demographic variables
title_fullStr How are consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting linked to depression and self-harm? The moderating effects of demographic variables
title_full_unstemmed How are consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting linked to depression and self-harm? The moderating effects of demographic variables
title_sort How are consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting linked to depression and self-harm? The moderating effects of demographic variables
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Wachs, Sebastian
Wright, Michelle F.
Gámez Guadix, Manuel
Döring, Nicola
author Wachs, Sebastian
author_facet Wachs, Sebastian
Wright, Michelle F.
Gámez Guadix, Manuel
Döring, Nicola
author_role author
author2 Wright, Michelle F.
Gámez Guadix, Manuel
Döring, Nicola
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud
Facultad de Psicología
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Depression
Non-consensual
Normalcy discourse
Pressured sexting
Self-harm
Sexting
Psicología
topic Depression
Non-consensual
Normalcy discourse
Pressured sexting
Self-harm
Sexting
Psicología
description Sexting among adolescents has triggered controversial debates among scholars and the general public. However, questions regarding the associations between different types of sexting, namely consensual, non-consensual, and pressured sexting, depressive symptoms, and non-suicidal self-harm remain. In addition, little attention has been given to whether demographic variables (i.e., gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual minority) might influence these associations. To fill these gaps in the literature, the present study was conducted. Participants were 2506 adolescents (ages 13–16 years old; Mage = 15.17; SDage = 0.89) from eight high schools located in the suburbs of a large Midwestern city in the United States. Adolescents self-identified as female (50%), Caucasian (57%), approximately 15% reported that they had a disability they received school accommodation for, and 18% self-identified as a sexual minority. They completed self-report questionnaires on their sexting behaviors, depressive symptoms, and non-suicidal self-harm. Findings revealed that non-consensual and pressured sexting were positively related to depressive symptoms and non-suicidal self-harm, whereas consensual sexting was unrelated to these outcomes. Boys engaged in more non-consensual sexting compared with girls, girls were more pressured to send sexts compared with boys, and sexual minority adolescents reported greater consensual sexting compared with non-sexual minority adolescents. Moderating effects revealed that girls, non-minority adolescents, and non-sexual minority adolescents experienced greater depressive symptoms and non-suicidal self-harm when they experienced pressured sexting. These findings underscore the importance of considering various types of sexting and adolescents’ demographic variables when examining the negative outcomes of sexting. Disentangling the relationships among different types of sexting, depressive symptoms, and self-harm aids in the development of evidence-based recommendations for sexting harm prevention and sexual education programs.
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