Table 2.
Engagement in different sexting types.
| Full analytical sample | Sex |
Developmental status |
Relationship Status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (N = 164) | Girls (N = 358) | Early (N = 230) | Advanced (N = 254) | Single (N = 444) | Relationship (N = 99) | |||
| Sexting type 1 (M = 1.97, SD = 1.52) | Δχ2(df) | 7.68 (3) | 6.69 (3) | 104.52 (3) ∗∗∗ | ||||
| Never | 63.0% | 63.8% | 62.6% | 67.0% | 55.9% | 72.1% | 22.2% | |
| Low | 19.2% | 13.8% | 21.7% | 18.3% | 22.4% | 16.7% | 30.3% | |
| Middle | 14.9% | 17.8% | 13.6% | 12.2% | 18.5% | 10.1% | 36.4% | |
| High | 2.9% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 3.1% | 1.1% | 11.1% | |
| Sexting type 2 (M = 1.58, SD = 1.25) | Δχ2(df) | 1.94 (3) | 2.08 (3) | 59.93 (3) ∗∗∗ | ||||
| Never | 77.0% | 75.9% | 77.5% | 75.7% | 75.6% | 82.9% | 50.5% | |
| Low | 12.0% | 10.9% | 12.5% | 13.5% | 11.4% | 10.6% | 18.2% | |
| Middle | 9.6% | 10.9% | 8.9% | 10.0% | 10.6% | 5.6% | 27.3% | |
| High | 1.5% | 2.3% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 4.0% | |
| Sexting type 3 (M = 1.24, SD = .90) | Δχ2(df) | 1.16 (3) | 6 (3) | 53.34 (3)∗∗∗ | ||||
| Never | 91.0% | 90.8% | 91.1% | 93.0% | 88.6% | 95.0% | 72.7% | |
| Low | 4.2% | 3.4% | 4.6% | 3.5% | 5.5% | 2.9% | 10.1% | |
| Middle | 4.1% | 4.6% | 3.8% | 2.2% | 5.5% | 1.8% | 14.1% | |
| High | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 3.0% | |
| Sexting type 4 (M = 1.16, SD = .73) | Δχ2(df) | 4.73 (3) | 9.2 (3)∗ | 35.42 (3)∗∗∗ | ||||
| Never | 93.7% | 92.0% | 94.6% | 96.5% | 91.3% | 96.6% | 80.8% | |
| Low | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 0.9% | 5.5% | 2.0% | 9.1% | |
| Middle | 2.4% | 4.0% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 2.8% | 1.1% | 8.1% | |
| High | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2.0% | |
Note. N = 543. First category = no engagement in the particular sexting type (but respondents did engage in another sexting type). Second category = low frequencies of the sexting type (i.e., less than once per month and one to three times per month). Third category = middle frequencies of the sexting type (i.e., once per week to several times per week). Fourth category = high frequencies of the sexting type (i.e., each day to several times per day).Pearson correlations between sexting types and gratifications sought. ∗p < .05. ∗∗p < .01. ∗∗∗p < .001. Percentages were calculated using the total of different groups (i.e., full sample, early and advanced developmental status, boys and girls, and single and relationship). Regarding developmental status, 59 missing values were observed. Pearson Chi-Square tests were used to test whether differences between the groups of developmental status (i.e., early and advanced), sex (i.e., boys and girls) and relationship status (i.e., single and relationship) were significant. ∗p < .05. ∗∗p < .01. ∗∗∗p < .001.