. 2019 Jun 17;6(6):e13338. doi: 10.2196/13338

Table 6.

Bivariate correlations between sexting and information and communication technology safety items.

Information and communication technology safety items		Sexting activities, Pearson r
Information and communication technology safety items		Two-way	Sending^a	Receiving^b	Nonsexter
Have you ever done any of the following^c
	Used the profile settings on your online profiles to protect your privacy and security (N=670)	−.001	−.015	.024	−.012
	Limited what certain friends or community members can or cannot see (N=671)	.046	.042	.041	−.037
	Decided not to post something online because you were concerned it might reflect badly on you in the future (N=669)	.066	.063	.099^d	−.087^d
	Tried to remove content you posted online (N=668)	.150^e	.143^e	.173^e	−.168^e
	Taken steps to try to limit the amount of information available about you on the Internet (N=673)	.003	−.001	.104^f	−.101^f
	If you’ve seen someone being cruel or mean online, looked for or asked someone for advice about what to do (N=667)	.025	.018	.053	−.046
	Reported a person or incident to a site master (N=672)	.064	.059	.219^e	−.217^e
	Reported a person or incident to an authority, eg, a teacher, police (N=674)	−.021	−.022	.090^d	−.090^d
	Ignored threatening or offensive behavior toward you (N=668)	.083^d	.069	.167^e	−.155^e
	Ignored threatening or offensive behavior toward someone else (N=663)	.091^d	.080^d	.114^f	−.104^f
	Used settings to manage what you share across apps and platforms (N=664)	−.019	−.030	.060	−.048
	Shared particular kinds of information about yourself so that people won’t ask you about your real feelings or desires (N=660)	.14^e	.137^e	.153^e	−.153^e
Internet rules that some people follow^g
	Keep your computer in a public room (N=1355)	−.080^f	−.085^f	−.032	.039
	Remember people may not be who they say they are (N=1355)	.031	.035	.039	−.044
	Don’t use your real name online (N=1355)	−.056^d	−.057^d	−.053	.055^d
	Don’t give out your address or phone number (N=1355)	−.112^e	−.115^e	−.08^f	.089^f
	Be careful with what you post online (N=1355)	−.083^f	−.086^f	−.066^d	.071^f
	Know how to block people online (N=1355)	−.011	−.016	.042	−.038
	None (N=1355)	.019	.014	.036	−.032

^aIncludes all respondents who reported sending sexts in any form.

^bIncludes all respondents who reported receiving sexts in any form.

^c2014 data.

^dCorrelation is significant at the .05 level (2 tailed).

^eCorrelation <.001 (2 tailed).

^fCorrelation is significant at the .01 level (2-tailed).

^g2012 data.