Sexting within young adults’ dating and romantic relationships
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- Joris Van Ouytsel, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, Michel Walrave and Koen Ponnet (UGent)
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- Sexting, herein defined as the sending of self-made sexually explicit images, is a modern-day form of sexual communication. This review discusses recent findings in sexting research among (young) adults. We find that despite its risks, sexting is increasingly used within dating and romantic relationships and can carry different meanings depending on the context in which the images are exchanged. Risks associated with sexting include pressure, experiences of unwanted sexting, unauthorized distribution, and coercion. Problematic forms of sexting can have significant consequences on the victims. We suggest the need for future research to make use of a uniform and nuanced measure of sexting and underscore the need to focus on adolescents as well as adults of all ages.
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- SEXUAL-BEHAVIOR, MENTAL-HEALTH, ALCOHOL-USE, CONDOM USE, STUDENTS, SAMPLE, INDIVIDUALS, ASSOCIATION, TECHNOLOGY, ENGAGE
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8663434
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- Van Ouytsel, Joris, et al. “Sexting within Young Adults’ Dating and Romantic Relationships.” CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 36, 2020, pp. 55–59, doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.04.007.
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- Van Ouytsel, J., Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., Walrave, M., & Ponnet, K. (2020). Sexting within young adults’ dating and romantic relationships. CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY, 36, 55–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.04.007
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- Van Ouytsel, Joris, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, Michel Walrave, and Koen Ponnet. 2020. “Sexting within Young Adults’ Dating and Romantic Relationships.” CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY 36: 55–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.04.007.
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- Van Ouytsel, Joris, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, Michel Walrave, and Koen Ponnet. 2020. “Sexting within Young Adults’ Dating and Romantic Relationships.” CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY 36: 55–59. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.04.007.
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- 1.Van Ouytsel J, Punyanunt-Carter NM, Walrave M, Ponnet K. Sexting within young adults’ dating and romantic relationships. CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2020;36:55–9.
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- [1]J. Van Ouytsel, N. M. Punyanunt-Carter, M. Walrave, and K. Ponnet, “Sexting within young adults’ dating and romantic relationships,” CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 36, pp. 55–59, 2020.
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abstract = {{Sexting, herein defined as the sending of self-made sexually explicit images, is a modern-day form of sexual communication. This review discusses recent findings in sexting research among (young) adults. We find that despite its risks, sexting is increasingly used within dating and romantic relationships and can carry different meanings depending on the context in which the images are exchanged. Risks associated with sexting include pressure, experiences of unwanted sexting, unauthorized distribution, and coercion. Problematic forms of sexting can have significant consequences on the victims. We suggest the need for future research to make use of a uniform and nuanced measure of sexting and underscore the need to focus on adolescents as well as adults of all ages.}},
author = {{Van Ouytsel, Joris and Punyanunt-Carter, Narissra M. and Walrave, Michel and Ponnet, Koen}},
issn = {{2352-250X}},
journal = {{CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY}},
keywords = {{SEXUAL-BEHAVIOR,MENTAL-HEALTH,ALCOHOL-USE,CONDOM USE,STUDENTS,SAMPLE,INDIVIDUALS,ASSOCIATION,TECHNOLOGY,ENGAGE}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{55--59}},
title = {{Sexting within young adults’ dating and romantic relationships}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.04.007}},
volume = {{36}},
year = {{2020}},
}
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