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New article publication: « Belgian, French, and Slovenian Adolescents’ Visual Sexting Practices and Its Links with Body Image and Sexuality »
by Chelly Maes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-026-01402-w
Summary: This study identified distinct patterns in adolescents’ engagement in sending visual sexts and visual non-consensual forwarding of sexts (NCFS), emphasizing the need to distinguish between both practices. Older, non-heterosexual adolescents, and those with relationship history send more visual sexts. Visual NCFS, on the other hand, was more often perpetrated by boys and adolescents with relationship history. Sending visual sexts and visual NCFS were further linked to body image and a positive sexuality. In particular, adolescents’ who send visual sexts more often, experienced more self-sexualization. Moreover, higher engagement in both sending visual sexts and visual NCFS were linked to a less positive view on sexual relationships. Overall, these findings question adolescents’ ability to participate in visual sexting while maintaining a positive body image and sexuality development, and emphasize the importance to foster a constructive discourse around adolescent visual sexting.
Lien : https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-026-01402-w
Date de première édition.