Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of sexting by country.
| Sexting Behaviors | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own Sexts | Risky Sexting | Non-Consensual Sexting a | Sexting under Pressure a | |||||||||||||
| Countries | M (SD) | Range Min-Max |
Sexters c | α | M (SD) | Range Min-Max |
Sexters c | α | M (SD) | Range Min-Max |
Sexters c | α | M (SD) | Range Min-Max |
Sexters c | α |
| Belgium | 1.18 (0.30) | 1–3 | 41% | 0.69 | 1.24 (0.32) | 1–3 | 53.1% | 0.54 | 1.02 (0.09) | 1–1.88 | 10% | 0.58 | 1.07 (0.22) | 1–2.5 | 18.2% | 0.52 |
| China | 1.12 (0.45) | 1–4.25 | 14.4% | 0.91 | 1.09 (0.38) | 1–4.25 | 12.2% | 0.87 | 1.14 (0.49) | 1–4 | 16.3% | 0.96 | 1.15 (0.54) | 1–5 | 11.5% | 0.91 |
| Czech Republic | 1.26 (0.51) | 1–5 | 45.7% | 0.76 | 1.40 (0.71) | 1–5 | 54.2% | 0.81 | 1.11 (0.44) | 1–5 | 21.9% | 0.94 | 1.32 (0.73) | 1–5 | 28.7% | 0.76 |
| Ireland | 1.23 (0.63) | 1–5 | 28.4% | 0.88 | 1.40 (0.85) | 1–5 | 35.8% | 0.87 | 1.19 (0.63) | 1–5 | 24.7% | 0.95 | 1.21 (0.75) | 1–5 | 15.8% | 0.91 |
| Italy | 1.24 (0.37) | 1–4 | 47.3% | 0.60 | 1.23 (0.41) | 1–4 | 41.3% | 0.52 | 1.07 (0.22) | 1–3.63 | 18.6% | 0.81 | 1.08 (0.28) | 1–3.50 | 10% | 0.50 |
| Malaysia | 1.20 (0.55) | 1–5 | 25.2% | 0.86 | == | == | == | — | 1.16 (0.53) | 1–5 | 20.3% | 0.97 | == | == | == | — |
| Poland | 1.25 (0.48) | 1–5 | 40.6% | 0.72 | 1.31 (0.54) | 1–5 | 48.3% | 0.71 | 1.07 (0.35) | 1–5 | 14% | 0.95 | 1.07 (0.38) | 1–5 | 5.5% | 0.84 |
| Russia | 1.23 (0.35) | 1–3.25 | 45.7% | 0.50 | 1.18 (0.30) | 1–2.50 | 40.3% | 0.51 | 1.06 (0.17) | 1–2.38 | 19.8% | 0.65 | 1.12 (0.33) | 1–3 | 15% | 0.50 |
| Turkey | 1.15 (0.29) | 1–3 | 30.4% | 0.54 | 1.30 (0.50) | 1–4.25 | 42.8% | 0.73 | 1.03 (0.11) | 1–2.38 | 9.7% | 0.66 | 1.36 (0.65) | 1–5 | 35.5% | 0.60 |
| Uganda | 1.15 (0.59) | 1–5 | 15.9% | 0.91 | 1.14 (0.52) | 1–5 | 15% | 0.85 | 1.26 (0.66) | 1–4.25 | 24.6% | 0.93 | 1.19 (0.56) | 1–4 | 13.8% | 0.60 |
| USA | 1.29 (0.40) | 1–5 | 54.3% | 0.61 | 1.29 (0.46) | 1–3.25 | 45.9% | 0.62 | 1.08 (0.29) | 1–5 | 16.6% | 0.90 | 1.07 (0.27) | 1–3 | 8.3% | 0.50 |
Note. a Statistics for non-consensual sexting and sexting under pressure were computed on participants who reported to have or have had a dating partner. c Sexters = percentage of participants who sexted at least once. α = Cronbach’s alpha.