A sex-positive mixed methods approach to sexting experiences among college students

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Highlights:

• Participants reported a broad range of positive outcomes such as pleasure, relationship benefits, and enhanced confidence.

• They also reported a broad range of negative outcomes such as guilt, feeling disgusted or vulnerable due to unwanted sexts.

• Religious participants and those who had ever sexted outside of relationships rated sexting experiences as less positive.

• More women and LGBQ participants said that sending sexts resulted in positive self-assessments than men and heterosexuals.

• LGBQ participants had higher odds of identifying nonconsensual sexts as a negative outcome compared to heterosexuals.

摘要

•Participants reported a broad range of positive outcomes such as pleasure, relationship benefits, and enhanced confidence.•They also reported a broad range of negative outcomes such as guilt, feeling disgusted or vulnerable due to unwanted sexts.•Religious participants and those who had ever sexted outside of relationships rated sexting experiences as less positive.•More women and LGBQ participants said that sending sexts resulted in positive self-assessments than men and heterosexuals.•LGBQ participants had higher odds of identifying nonconsensual sexts as a negative outcome compared to heterosexuals.

论文关键词:Sexting,Romantic relationships,Nonconsensual,Sexuality,Emerging adulthood,Internet communication

论文评审过程:Received 18 February 2020, Revised 30 October 2020, Accepted 3 November 2020, Available online 13 November 2020, Version of Record 14 December 2020.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106619