The reciprocal relationship between consensual sexting and peer support among adolescents : A three-wave longitudinal study
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F24%3A00139333" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/24:00139333 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563223003990" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563223003990</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108048" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.chb.2023.108048</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The reciprocal relationship between consensual sexting and peer support among adolescents : A three-wave longitudinal study
Original language description
Adolescent sexting is often linked with negative peer outcomes, which are more pronounced for girls. However, existing research has generally mixed non-consensual sexting and consensual sexting, the latter of which could be even beneficial for adolescents' well-being. A longitudinal approach is necessary to address how the change in peer relationships may be the outcome of engaging in sexting, as well as its driver. Using a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) on a large, national, quota-based sample of Czech adolescents (N = 1,102, 11–16 years, 48.3% female) over three waves of data collection, we investigate the reciprocal relationship -between consensual sexting and peer support. To ensure that the outcomes do not differ by gender, we also test a multigroup model. Our results reveal no longitudinal relationship between consensual sexting and peer support, even after accounting for gender and age differences. In line with other studies within the mental health area, our results add to the knowledge that consensual sexting is not detrimental to adolescents’ well-being. Our results are thus important for parents and practitioners, because they support that sexting could be understood as a natural part of contemporary adolescent sexual development and, although engagement in sexting may be risky, it is not harmful.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX19-27828X" target="_blank" >GX19-27828X: Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent’s well-being</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Computers in Human Behavior
ISSN
0747-5632
e-ISSN
1873-7692
Volume of the periodical
152
Issue of the periodical within the volume
March
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
1-8
UT code for WoS article
001130201800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85178554758