Table 3.

Zero-order correlations.

	Sexting type 1	Sexting type 2	Sexting type 3	Sexting type 4
Arousal	0.492∗∗	0.398∗∗∗	0.469∗∗∗	0.445∗∗∗
Intimacy needs	0.308∗∗∗	0.271∗∗∗	0.276∗∗∗	0.266∗∗∗
Relational affirmation	0.295∗∗∗	0.299∗∗∗	0.226∗∗	0.225∗∗
Partner pressure	0.086	0.152∗	0.265∗∗∗	0.344∗∗∗
Peer approval	0.097	0.116	0.172∗	0.293∗∗∗
Body acceptance	0.153∗	0.249∗∗∗	0.283∗∗∗	0.294∗∗
Boredom regulation	0.229∗∗	0.193∗∗	0.256∗∗∗	0.284∗∗∗
Stress regulation	0.425∗∗∗	0.333∗∗∗	0.372∗∗∗	0.412∗∗∗
Loneliness regulation	0.220∗∗	0.173∗∗	0.260∗∗∗	0.296∗∗∗

Note. Gratifications sought for sexting during the COVID-19 pandemic were only asked to adolescents who indicated that they engaged at least once in one of the four sexting types (N = 222). As such, this subsample was used. Sexting types in this study are ordinal data. 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.