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ERIC Number: EJ1419998
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0044-118X
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8499
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A Latent Profile Analysis of the Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexting Experiences among Canadian Adolescents
Brett Holfeld; Faye Mishna; Wendy Craig; Samar Zuberi
Youth & Society, v56 n4 p713-733 2024
Different patterns of sexting behaviors were examined to provide a more nuanced understanding of the context in which sexting occurs among adolescents. Participants were 1,000 Canadian adolescents (50.2% girls) between 12 and 18 years (M[subscript age] = 15.21, SD = 2.00) who completed measures of sexting, cyber bullying and victimization, problematic social media use, self-regulation, and demographics. Contrary to our hypotheses, three latent profiles of sexting represented the frequency of sexting rather than whether the sexting was consensual versus non-consensual or with a partner versus non-partner. Participants in the "moderate" and "high sexting" profiles representing one fifth of youth, reported less self-regulation, experienced more cyber victimization, and engaged in more cyber bullying and problematic social media use than those in the "no/low sexting" profile. Our findings support the normalcy approach to education, which considers some sexting among healthy developmental behaviors.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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