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Sexting among young adults.

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The results suggest that sexting is not related to sexual risk behavior or psychological well-being, and suggest directions for further research on sexted are proposed.
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This article is published in Journal of Adolescent Health.The article was published on 2013-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 266 citations till now.

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Sexting prevalence and correlates: A systematic literature review

TL;DR: Findings are discussed in terms of the trends indicated by the data, which provided substantiation that sexting behaviour is associated with numerous behavioural, psychological, and social factors.
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Consensual sexting among adolescents: Risk prevention through abstinence education or safer sexting?

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized existing data on sexting prevalence (17 studies) and found that sexts are much more common among adults than among youths, with increasing prevalence among adolescents as they grow older.
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Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't…If You're a Girl: Relational and Normative Contexts of Adolescent Sexting in the United States

TL;DR: For instance, this article examined the relational, normative, gender, and age dynamics of adolescent sexting in the USA using open-ended questionnaires and found that older adolescents were more likely than younger adolescents to sext, whereas younger adolescents reported what might be described as pre-sexting behaviors, involving the joking exchange of sexually suggestive (but non-nude) photos with platonic friends.
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Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence: A Literature Review of Empirical Research.

TL;DR: The empirical evidence to date regarding the prevalence and gender-based nature of TFSV against adults and the implications for policy and programs are discussed, as well as suggestions for future research.
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“Sexting” and Its Relation to Sexual Activity and Sexual Risk Behavior in a National Survey of Adolescents

TL;DR: Although the media has portrayed sexting as a problem caused by new technology, health professionals may be more effective by approaching it as an aspect of adolescent sexual development and exploration and, in some cases, risk-taking and psychosocial challenge.
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The CES-D Scale: A Self-Report Depression Scale for Research in the General Population

TL;DR: The CES-D scale as discussed by the authors is a short self-report scale designed to measure depressive symptomatology in the general population, which has been used in household interview surveys and in psychiatric settings.
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Objectification Theory: Toward Understanding Women's Lived Experiences and Mental Health Risks:

TL;DR: In this article, the authors offer objectification theory as a framework for understanding the experiential consequences of being female in a culture that sexually objectifies the female body, and propose a framework to understand the effects of objectification on women.
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Two Shorter Forms of the CES-D Depression Symptoms Index:

TL;DR: In this paper, a field test of two shorter forms of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) symptoms index was conducted in a multisite survey of persons 65 and older.
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Clinical Report—The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families

TL;DR: Pediatricians are in a unique position to help families understand these sites and to encourage healthy use and urge parents to monitor for potential problems with cyberbullying, “Facebook depression,” sexting, and exposure to inappropriate content.
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