. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 6.

Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2014 Oct 31;44(6):1675–1684. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0370-7

Table 2.

Correlations among impulsivity traits, sexting behaviors, and sexual behaviors, and sexting risks

	SNS sext	Sex	Sexps	SS	NUR	LPL	Age	Gender	Relation	Experience sext con	Perceived sext risk
Phone Sext	.37^**	.34^**	.34^**	.19^**	.20^**	.18^**	−.01	−.03	.14^*	.40^**	−.27^**
				.29^**	.19^*	.15	.08	−.07
SNS Sext		.20^**	.09	.13^*	.10^*	.11^*	.11^*	.11^*	−.01	.19^*	.04
				.12	.18^*	.05	.09	−.15
Sex			.16^**	.06	.13^*	.22^**	.33^**	−.14^*	.09
Sexps				.15^**	.09	.06	.03	−.08	.04
SS					.19^**	.21^**	−.14^**	−.18^**	−.06	.07	−.13
					.19^*	.21^**	−.13	−.30^**
NUR						.36^**	−.05	−.07	−.06	.14	.09
						.39^**	−.04	−.04
LPL							−.05	−.07	−.01	.08	−.02
							−.11	.08
Age								−.03	.38^**	.08	−.07
								−.11
Gender									.06	−.02	.09
Relation
Experience
Sext Risk											−.05

Study 1 N = 611. Study 2 N = 255. Correlations for Study 2 are listed below those for Study 1

SBS sexting behaviors, Sex number sexual partners, Sexps sex-related Sextpectancies, SS sensation seeking PUR positive urgency, NUR negative urgency. LPL lack of planning, LPS lack of perseverance, Relation: relationship status (1 = single, 2 = in a committed relationship), Experience personal negative sexting experience (1 = yes, had a personal negative sexting experience, 2 = no)

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