Universidad de Sevilla.
Psicothema. 2021 May;33(2):287-295. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2020.207.
Sexting has garnered interest from the public and the scientific community given its ever-increasing presence in adolescents' lives. However, analysis varies depending on the baseline study used. This calls for a standardised sexting instrument that addresses scientific evidence-based recommendations. The primary aim of this study was to develop and validate the structure of a questionnaire that includes the various sexting behaviours and motives.
The sample comprised 1,362 students (51.1% female; 12-18 years old). Participants were randomly split into two halves, controlling for the gender variable (n=681), and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed.
Validity of the Sexting Behaviours and Motives Questionnaire (SBM-Q) was confirmed, along with the suitability of the factor structure, internal consistency, and divergent validity. This was also reported by gender. Six dimensions were identified: sending, reasons for sending, receiving, forwarding, victim of forwarding, and reasons for forwarding.
The SBM-Q presents good psychometric properties, providing a detailed and consolidated overview of the behaviours that adolescents might engage in when sexting as well as the context in which it occurs.
由于青少年生活中不断增加的色情短信发送行为，它引起了公众和科学界的兴趣。然而，分析结果因所使用的基础研究而异。这就需要一个标准化的色情短信发送行为问卷，该问卷应包含基于科学证据的建议。本研究的主要目的是开发和验证一个包含各种色情短信发送行为和动机的问卷结构。
该样本由 1362 名学生（51.1%为女性；年龄在 12-18 岁之间）组成。参与者被随机分为两半，控制了性别变量（n=681），并进行了探索性和验证性因素分析。
色情短信发送行为和动机问卷（SBM-Q）的有效性得到了确认，同时还确认了该问卷的结构、内部一致性和区别效度。这也因性别而异。确定了六个维度：发送、发送原因、接收、转发、转发受害者和转发原因。
SBM-Q 具有良好的心理测量学特性，为青少年在色情短信发送行为以及发生的背景方面提供了详细而综合的概述。
