Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA.
Center for Violence Prevention, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 9;18(5):2760. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052760.
Despite the recent surge of sexting research, the link between sexting and psychosocial health remains inconclusive. To address this gap in the literature, we examined the link between multiple forms of sexting and a range of psychosocial health problems. Data were from a randomized controlled trial of a school-based dating violence prevention program. Participants were 2199 early adolescents (49.8% female) aged 14 years and under (mean age = 13.53, SD = 0.50) enrolled in middle-schools in southeast Texas. Participants self-reported to be 35.4% Hispanic, 7.9% Non-Hispanic White, 26.2% Non-Hispanic Black, 18.6% Asian, and 11.9% other. Multilevel multivariate regressions found that pressured sexting was associated with hostility and aggressive temperament. Receiving unsolicited sexts was associated with depression, impulsivity, hostility, emotion dysregulation, and aggressive temperament. Forwarding sexts without permission was linked to hostility. Asking someone for sexts was linked to impulsivity and aggressive temperament, while being asked to send a sext was associated with depression, anxiety, impulsivity, hostility, emotion dysregulation, and aggressive temperament. Finally, consensual sexting was not significantly associated with poor psychosocial health of any type. Interventions should focus on preventing pressured sexting and teaching early adolescents on how to respond to being pressured to sext.
尽管最近关于发色情短信的研究有所增加，但发色情短信与心理健康之间的联系仍不确定。为了解决文献中的这一空白，我们研究了多种形式的发色情短信与一系列心理健康问题之间的联系。数据来自一项基于学校的约会暴力预防计划的随机对照试验。参与者是 2199 名年龄在 14 岁以下的早期青少年（49.8%为女性），年龄在德克萨斯州东南部的中学就读。参与者自我报告的种族构成是 35.4%为西班牙裔，7.9%为非西班牙裔白人，26.2%为非西班牙裔黑人，18.6%为亚裔，11.9%为其他族裔。多层次多元回归发现，被迫发送色情短信与敌意和攻击性气质有关。收到未经请求的色情短信与抑郁、冲动、敌意、情绪调节障碍和攻击性气质有关。未经许可转发色情短信与敌意有关。要求别人发送色情短信与冲动和攻击性气质有关，而被要求发送色情短信则与抑郁、焦虑、冲动、敌意、情绪调节障碍和攻击性气质有关。最后，双方同意的发色情短信与任何类型的不良心理健康都没有显著关联。干预措施应侧重于防止被迫发送色情短信，并教导青少年如何应对被迫发送色情短信的情况。
