Clancy Elizabeth M, Klettke Bianca, Crossman Angela M, Hallford David J, Howard Dominika, Toumbourou John W
School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood East 3125, Australia.
Department of Psychology, John Jay College, City University of New York, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 2;18(5):2429. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052429.
Sext dissemination presents policy and legislative challenges given its potential psychological, social, and legal harms. We report on a cross-national comparison of sext-image dissemination in a large sample of 1148 young adults aged 18-29 years (M = 22.54, SD = 2.50, 53.0% women, 47.0% men), either U.S. (53.8%) or Australian (46.2%) residents. The results indicate that 14% of young adults disseminated sexts, with no difference by gender or country. Over 50% of respondents indicated that the last time they received a disseminated sext, it was unexpected or unwelcome, with women twice as likely as men to receive unwelcome sexts. The most frequent motivations for sext dissemination were similar cross-nationally, relating to the attractiveness of the person depicted, as a joke, to gossip, because it was not a big deal, bragging, roasting or teasing, and to increase social status. Motivations of attractiveness, bragging, or social status were more commonly endorsed by men, while women endorsed reasons around gossip or roasting/teasing. Unique predictors of sext dissemination included U.S. residence, requesting sexts, receiving disseminated sexts, having one's own images disseminated, and more positive subjective norms to dissemination, and there was a country-gender interaction, where Australian women and U.S. men were more likely to disseminate sexts than then U.S. women or Australian men. The findings have implications for prevention programs seeking to address harmful online sexual interactions, including addressing respect, consent, and subjective norms supporting non-consensual dissemination.
考虑到性短信传播可能带来的心理、社会和法律危害，它给政策和立法带来了挑战。我们报告了一项针对1148名年龄在18至29岁之间的年轻人（M = 22.54，标准差 = 2.50，女性占53.0%，男性占47.0%）的性短信图像传播的跨国比较研究，这些年轻人要么是美国居民（53.8%），要么是澳大利亚居民（46.2%）。结果表明，14%的年轻人传播过性短信，在性别或国家方面没有差异。超过50%的受访者表示，他们最后一次收到传播的性短信时，是意外的或不受欢迎的，女性收到不受欢迎性短信的可能性是男性的两倍。性短信传播最常见的动机在跨国研究中是相似的，与被描绘者的吸引力、作为玩笑、闲聊、因为觉得没什么大不了的、吹嘘、调侃或取笑以及提高社会地位有关。与吸引力、吹嘘或社会地位相关的动机在男性中更常见，而女性则认可围绕闲聊或调侃/取笑的原因。性短信传播的独特预测因素包括美国居民身份、索要性短信、收到传播的性短信、自己的图像被传播以及对传播有更积极的主观规范，并且存在国家 - 性别交互作用，澳大利亚女性和美国男性比美国女性或澳大利亚男性更有可能传播性短信。这些发现对旨在解决有害在线性互动的预防项目具有启示意义，包括解决尊重、同意以及支持非自愿传播的主观规范等问题。
