Sexting and its potential links to sexual behavior, including risky sexual practices, have
received scholarly scrutiny, but this literature is marked by divergent perspectives and …

The potential abuse of dating applications (apps), including during the current lockdowns
due to COVID-19, has resulted in a growing community of research to learn to what extent …

Importance The existing literature on sexting among youth shows that sexting is a predictor
of sexual behavior and may be associated with other health outcomes and risky behaviors …

This study explores adolescents' perceptions of applications used for sexting, the motives for
engaging in sexting, and the consequences they relate to sexting behavior. We conducted …

Research on the sexting experiences of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGB) youth is limited.
Prior work often does not measure problematic forms of sexting, such as the unauthorized …

Sexting is the exchange of sexually suggestive contents via Internet, Smartphone, and
Social Networking Websites. Recently, the research on sexting motivations increased in …

This article explores young people's experiences of sending and receiving sexual images
and text messages (sexting) within their interpersonal relationships and the contexts in …

Highlights•Sexting among young adults has increased over the past years.•Sexting can be a
normal form of contemporary sexual communication.•Sextortion, pressured sexting, and …

This study offers empirical insight into adolescents' norms around sexting. Informed by
sexual scripting theory, we investigated the extent to which young people perceive sexting …

Introduction While adolescent sexting, or the sending of sexually explicit images, has been
cross-sectionally associated with bullying and cyberbullying, there is a lack of longitudinal …