1. A Latent Profile Analysis of the Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexting Experiences among Canadian Adolescents.
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Holfeld, Brett, Mishna, Faye, Craig, Wendy, and Zuberi, Samar
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SEXTING , *CANADIANS , *CYBERBULLYING - Abstract
Different patterns of sexting behaviors were examined to provide a more nuanced understanding of the context in which sexting occurs among adolescents. Participants were 1,000 Canadian adolescents (50.2% girls) between 12 and 18 years (M age = 15.21, SD = 2.00) who completed measures of sexting, cyber bullying and victimization, problematic social media use, self-regulation, and demographics. Contrary to our hypotheses, three latent profiles of sexting represented the frequency of sexting rather than whether the sexting was consensual versus non-consensual or with a partner versus non-partner. Participants in the moderate and high sexting profiles representing one fifth of youth, reported less self-regulation, experienced more cyber victimization, and engaged in more cyber bullying and problematic social media use than those in the no/low sexting profile. Our findings support the normalcy approach to education, which considers some sexting among healthy developmental behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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