Department of Psychology, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 49401, USA.
Department of Psychology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 29;17(19):7141. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17197141.
Recent empirical data suggests that the majority of adolescents and emerging adults utilize digital technology to engage with texting and social media on a daily basis, with many using these mediums to engage in sexting (sending sexual texts, pictures, or videos via digital mediums). While research in the last decade has disproportionately focused on the potential risk factors and negative consequences associated with sexting, the data are limited by failing to differentiate consensual from non-consensual sexting and account for potential influences of intimate partner aggression (IPA) and sexting coercion in these contexts. In the current study, we assessed the positive and negative consequences associated with sexting, using behavioral theory as a framework, to determine the relationship between an individual's personal history of IPA victimization and the perceived consequences. Undergraduate students ( = 536) who reported consensual sexting completed a series of measures examining their most recent sexting experience, including perceived sexting consequences, and their history of sexting coercion and IPA. Results suggested that those reporting a history of any type of IPA victimization endorsed more negative reinforcing consequences after sending a sext, and those with a history of physical or sexual IPA victimization endorsed more punishing consequences after sending a sext than those without such history. Additionally, experience with IPA was found to be positively correlated with perceived pressure/coercion to send a sext. The implications of these data for research, policy, prevention, and intervention are explored.
最近的实证数据表明,大多数青少年和刚成年的人每天都会使用数字技术来参与短信和社交媒体的交流,许多人会利用这些媒介来进行性短信交流(通过数字媒介发送性短信、图片或视频)。尽管过去十年的研究过多地关注了与性短信交流相关的潜在风险因素和负面影响,但这些数据存在局限性,因为它们未能区分同意和非同意的性短信交流,并考虑到亲密伴侣侵犯(IPA)和这些情况下的性短信交流胁迫的潜在影响。在当前的研究中,我们使用行为理论作为框架,评估了与性短信交流相关的积极和消极后果,以确定个体遭受 IPA 侵害的个人历史与感知后果之间的关系。报告有同意的性短信交流的大学生(n=536)完成了一系列衡量其最近性短信交流经历的措施,包括感知性短信交流后果,以及他们遭受性短信交流胁迫和 IPA 的历史。结果表明,那些报告遭受任何类型的 IPA 侵害史的人在发送性短信后更倾向于认可负面的强化后果,而那些有身体或性 IPA 侵害史的人在发送性短信后更倾向于认可惩罚性后果,而那些没有这种历史的人则不然。此外,经历 IPA 被发现与发送性短信的感知压力/胁迫呈正相关。这些数据对研究、政策、预防和干预的意义进行了探讨。