Table 2.
Frequency of young people’s sexting behaviors.
| Sexting behavior | Yes in 2012 (N=1369), n (%) | Yes in 2014 (N=1400), n (%) | Chi-square (df) | P value | Phi | |
| Receivera | ||||||
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Been sent sexual message | 552 (40.32) | 644 (46.00) | 9.1 (1) | .003 | .057 |
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Seen a sexual message posted where others could see it | 490 (35.79) | 598 (42.71) | 13.9 (1) | <.001 | .104 |
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Seen other people perform acts of a sexual nature | 361 (26.37) | 540 (38.57) | 47.0 (1) | <.001 | .130 |
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Been asked to talk about acts of a sexual nature with someone | 365 (26.66) | 489 (34.93) | 22.2 (1) | <.001 | .089 |
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Been asked for a photo or video showing yourself nude or nearly nude | 266 (19.43) | 435 (31.07) | 49.6 (1) | <.001 | .134 |
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None | 473 (34.55) | 376 (26.86) | 19.3 (1) | <.001 | −.083 |
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Refused | 1 (0.07) | 4 (0.29) | 1.7 (1) | .19 | .025 |
| Sendera | ||||||
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None | 813 (59.39) | 789 (56.36) | 2.6 (1) | .11 | -.107 |
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Talked about acts of a sexual nature with someone | 465 (33.97) | 513 (36.64) | 2.2 (1) | .14 | .028 |
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Sent someone a sexual message | 398 (29.07) | 449 (32.07) | 2.9 (1) | .09 | .033 |
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Sent someone a photo or video showing yourself nude or nearly nude | 140 (10.23) | 237 (16.93) | 26.4 (1) | <.001 | .098 |
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Asked someone for a photo or video showing themselves nude or nearly nude | 122 (8.91) | 170 (12.14) | 7.7 (1) | .006 | .053 |
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Posted a sexual message posted where others could see it | 41 (2.99) | 24 (1.71) | 5.0 (1) | .03 | −.042 |
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Refused | 2 (0.15) | 8 (0.57) | 3.5 (1) | .06 | .062 |
aArranged from most to least commonly endorsed item by receiver and by sender from the 2014 data.