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31-01-2022 | Empirical Research

Heterosexual, Cisgender and Gender and Sexually Diverse Adolescents’ Sexting Behaviors: The Role of Body Appreciation

Auteurs: Marie-Michèle Paquette, Jacinthe Dion, Beáta Bőthe, Alice Girouard, Sophie Bergeron

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 2/2022

Abstract

Sexting has become part of the repertoire of adolescents’ sexual behaviors, especially among those who identify as gender and sexually diverse. Whereas body dissatisfaction increases during adolescence and is associated with negative sexuality outcomes, little research has examined how body appreciation may contribute to adolescents’ sexting. The present study examined associations between body appreciation and sexting behaviors, and whether these differed by gender and sexual orientation, using path analysis in a sample of 2904 adolescents (M_age = 14.53; SD = 0.61) comprised of five groups: heterosexual cisgender and gender and sexually diverse boys (heterosexual cisgender = 1193; gender and sexually diverse = 157), heterosexual cisgender and gender and sexually diverse girls (heterosexual cisgender = 1152; gender and sexually diverse = 320), and non-binary adolescents (n = 18). Lower levels of body appreciation were associated with higher sexting frequency in heterosexual cisgender girls and gender and sexually diverse boys. Adolescents preoccupied with their appearance may use sexting for body image-related validation.

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Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted with the three frequency items with the weighted least squares means and variance adjusted (WLSMV) estimator to examine the factor structure of the three items. According to the results of the CFA, the one-factor model had an excellent fit to the data (CFI = 1.00, TLI = 1.00, RMSEA = 0.00 [90%CI 0.00-0.00]), and the three items had high standardized factor loadings (ranging between 0.72 to 0.94) on the latent factor of substance use.

As an additional test of the robustness of the results, the final model (Model 2b) was tested with the addition of the mean score of sexting behaviors instead of including them separately in the model. Based on the results of this model, HC boys’ body appreciation was unrelated to sexting (β = −0.02 [95% CI = −0.07, 0.03], p = 0.446); HC girls’ body appreciation was weakly and negatively related to sexting (β = −0.06 [95% CI = −0.12, <−0.01], p = 0.047); GSD boys’ body appreciation was weakly and negatively related to sexting (β = −0.22 [95% CI = −0.40, −0.05], p = 0.010); GSD girls’ body appreciation was unrelated to sexting (β = −0.05 [95% CI = −0.13, 0.04], p = 0.252); and GSD non-binary adolescents’ body appreciation was unrelated to sexting (β = −0.28 [95% CI = −0.63, 0.07, p = 0.118), providing further support for the robustness of the study’s findings.

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Titel: Heterosexual, Cisgender and Gender and Sexually Diverse Adolescents’ Sexting Behaviors: The Role of Body Appreciation
Auteurs: Marie-Michèle Paquette
Jacinthe Dion
Beáta Bőthe
Alice Girouard
Sophie Bergeron
Publicatiedatum: 31-01-2022
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 2/2022
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01568-z

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