Abstract
Recent empirical data suggests that the majority of adolescents and emerging adults utilize digital technology to engage with texting and social media on a daily basis, with many using these mediums to engage in sexting (sending sexual texts, pictures, or videos via digital mediums). While research in the last decade has disproportionately focused on the potential risk factors and negative consequences associated with sexting, the data are limited by failing to differentiate consensual from non-consensual sexting and account for potential influences of intimate partner aggression (IPA) and sexting coercion in these contexts. In the current study, we assessed the positive and negative consequences associated with sexting, using behavioral theory as a framework, to determine the relationship between an individual's personal history of IPA victimization and the perceived consequences. Undergraduate students (
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-29-2020
Publication Title
Int J Environ Res Public Health
First Page
7141
Recommended Citation
Cornelius, Tara L; Bell, Kathryn M; Kistler, Tylor; and Drouin, Michelle, "Consensual Sexting among College Students: The Interplay of Coercion and Intimate Partner Aggression in Perceived Consequences of Sexting." (2020). Health Services and Informatics Research. 18.
https://researchrepository.parkviewhealth.org/informatics/18