Burén Jonas, Gattario Kristina Holmqvist, Lunde Carolina
Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Box 100, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Arch Sex Behav. 2025 Apr;54(4):1441-1457. doi: 10.1007/s10508-025-03115-4. Epub 2025 Mar 19.
The current study tested a model in which three body image factors were assumed to be associated with adolescents' sexting (sending nude or semi-nude pictures and/or video clips) to either romantic partners or strangers. We hypothesized that lower appearance esteem, more body surveillance, and more dysfunctional appearance beliefs would be associated with a higher likelihood of sexting. We also examined the effects of pubertal timing in the model, along with assessing the moderating effect of gender on the pathways to sexting. A questionnaire study was conducted with 1543 adolescents (girls = 791, 50.7%; boys = 772, 49.3%), ages between 13 and 16 years. The results from structural equation modeling indicated that girls' and boys' dysfunctional appearance beliefs were most consistently associated with sexting with romantic partners and strangers. Body surveillance also predicted sexting with strangers, but only for boys. Contrary to our hypotheses, appearance esteem was not significantly associated with sexting. Early-maturing girls and boys were more likely to sext with either partner. Girls reporting earlier pubertal timing were more likely to sext with romantic partners via the mediation of appearance beliefs. The findings from this study provide novel evidence of the complex interplay between body image and adolescents' sexting, emphasizing that, in general, dysfunctional appearance beliefs seem to be more important for adolescents' sexting compared to body surveillance and appearance esteem.
当前的研究测试了一个模型，在该模型中，假设三个身体意象因素与青少年向恋爱伴侣或陌生人发送色情短信（发送裸体或半裸体图片和/或视频片段）有关。我们假设，较低的外表自尊、更多的身体监测以及更多功能失调的外表信念与发送色情短信的较高可能性相关。我们还在该模型中研究了青春期时间的影响，同时评估了性别对发送色情短信途径的调节作用。对1543名青少年（女孩 = 791人，占50.7%；男孩 = 772人，占49.3%）进行了问卷调查研究，年龄在13至16岁之间。结构方程模型的结果表明，女孩和男孩功能失调的外表信念与向恋爱伴侣和陌生人发送色情短信的关联最为一致。身体监测也预测了与陌生人发送色情短信的行为，但仅适用于男孩。与我们的假设相反，外表自尊与发送色情短信没有显著关联。早熟的女孩和男孩更有可能与任何一方发送色情短信。报告青春期时间较早的女孩更有可能通过外表信念的中介作用与恋爱伴侣发送色情短信。这项研究的结果为身体意象与青少年发送色情短信之间的复杂相互作用提供了新的证据，强调一般而言，功能失调的外表信念似乎比身体监测和外表自尊对青少年发送色情短信更为重要。
