Table 5.

Individual differences for gratifications sought.

	A		I		RA		PP		PA		BA		BR		SR		LR
	B	β	B	β	B	β	B	β	B	β	B	β	B	β	B	β	B	β
Age	0.291	0.210∗∗	0.197	0.135	0.184	0.143	0.148	0.168	0.146	0.183∗	0.190	0.145	0.170	0.130	0.236	0.183∗	0.181	0.148
Ed. level	0.122	0.056	0.155	0.067	0.291	0.144∗	−0.051	−0.037	−0.010	−0.008	0.118	0.057	0.406	0.197∗∗	0.298	0.146∗	0.341	0.176∗
Sex. or.	1.171	0.143∗	−0.139	−0.016	−0.716	−0.095	0.006	0.000	−0.216	−0.046	0.520	0.067	0.483	0.063	0.557	0.073	−0.296	−0.041
Sex	−0.553	−0.126∗	−0.217	−0.047	−0.527	−0.129∗	−0.142	−0.051	−0.366	−0.144∗	0.003	0.001	−0.488	−0.117	−0.447	−0.109	−0.372	−0.095
Dev. status	0.524	0.125	.0539	0.122	0.495	0.128	−0.091	−0.034	0.090	0.037	0.276	0.070	0.519	0.132	0.596	0.153∗	0.440	0.119
Rel. status	0.824	0.183∗∗	1.117	0.236∗∗∗	0.667	0.160∗	−0.148	−0.052	−0.028	−0.011	0.432	0.102	−0.317	−0.075	0.796	0.190∗∗	0.065	0.016

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. A = arousal, I = intimacy needs, RA = relational affirmation, PP = partner pressure, PA = peer approval, BA = body acceptance, BR = boredom regulation, SR = stress regulation, LR = loneliness regulation. Sex was coded as 0 = boys and 1 = girls. Developmental status was coded as 0 = early developmental stage and 1 = advanced developmental stage. Sexual orientation was coded as 0 = heterosexual and 1 = non-heterosexual. Relationship status was coded as 0 = single and 1 = in a relationship. ^∗p < .05. ^∗∗p < .01. ^∗∗∗p < .001.