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Sexting Behavior Predictors Vary With Addressee and the Explicitness of the Sexts

Publicated to:YOUTH & SOCIETY. 55 (4): 749-771 - 2023-05-01 55(4), DOI: 10.1177/0044118X231158138

Authors: Molla-Esparza, Cristian; Najera, Pablo; Lopez-Gonzalez, Emelina; Losilla, Josep-Maria;

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Autonomous Univ Barcelona UAB, Bellaterra, Spain - Author
Autonomous Univ Madrid UAM, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Valencia UVEG, Valencia, Spain - Author

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine associations of adolescent sexting with gender, being in a romantic relationship, and other online or offline sexual behaviors, using the adolescent sexting scale A-SextS as a standardized measure. Data were collected from a sample of 579 Spanish secondary school pupils (47.3% girls), between the ages of 11 and 18 (interquartile range: 13-15 years; median = 14 years). Multinomial regression models revealed that having had sexual intercourse was the most relevant predictor variable, especially for high-frequency sexting. Adolescents involved in a romantic relationship were more likely to engage in high-frequency sexting with someone known in person. Pornography consumption was mainly associated with high-frequency explicit sexting with someone known only on the internet. Lastly, females were more likely to engage in low-frequency, non-explicit sexting as well as high-frequency explicit sexting with someone known only on the internet.

Keywords

Adolescent sexting scale a-sextsAdolescentsAssociationConsumptionMediaPornographyPornography consumptionPrevalenceRomantic relationshipsSextingSexual intercourseVictimization

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal YOUTH & SOCIETY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 58/267, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.16, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-20:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 20.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 64 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 5.