Sexting, mental health, and victimization among adolescents: a literature review
Author
Gasso, Aina M.
Klettke, Bianca
Agustina, José R.
Montiel Juan, Irene
Publication date
2019-07-03ISSN
1660-4601
Abstract
The practice of creating and sharing sexual images via technological devices, known as sexting, has received crescent attention in the past years, especially due to the increase of adolescent engagement in this behavior. Although consensual sexting is not prima facie a crime, as some research has shown, it has the potential to be a risky behavior, and a threshold to get exposure to dangerous kinds of victimization as sextortion, online grooming or cyberbullying. In this context, teenagers represent a vulnerable group due to their limited ability of self-regulation, their high susceptibility to peer pressure, their technophilia, and their growing sexual curiosity. The present paper aims to review the scientific literature to analyze the relationship between mental health and sexting as a potentially risky behavior and its association with online victimization. The results and implications will be discussed.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Accepted version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
159.9 - Psychology
Keywords
Adolescents
Sexting
Internet i adolescents
Salut mental
Sexualitat
Teenagers
Sexting
Internet and teenagers
Mental health
Sexuality
Adolescentes
Sexting
Internet y adolescentes
Salud mental
Sexualidad
Pages
14
Publisher
MDPI
Collection
16; 13
Is part of
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Citation
Gassó, Aina M.; Klettke, Bianca; Agustina, José R. [et al.]. Sexting, mental health, and victimization among adolescents: a literature review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, vol. 16, núm. 13, p. 1-14. Disponible en: <https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/13/2364>. Fecha de acceso: 26 ene. 2020. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16132364
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