Sexting among undergraduate students

The purpose of this study was to examine (a) the relationship between sexual attitudes (i.e., permissive vs. conservative) and the practice of sexting; and (b) whether men had more positive attitudes toward sexting than women. Results revealed that students with permissive sexual attitudes were more likely to engage in sexting practices than those who had conservative attitudes. The main finding of the present study was that relationship status is more important than gender. When relationship status was incorporated into the analysis, the differences between males and females on some of the components extracted from principal components analysis disappeared, but females were still more likely to have higher ratings on the components labeled Control and Prevention and Negative Consequences.

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