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Jeff R. Temple, PhD

@DrJeffTemple

Teen Sextingand Sexual Behavior

• Over 6 billion text messages are sent per day in the US

• Kids between the ages of 12 and 17 text a median of 60 times a day.

Texting

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Not going away

Confide, Wickr, etc.

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• Clique forming

• Sexual experimentation (sexting)

• Cyberbullying and online harassment

Reflection of offline lives

• Clique forming

• Cyberbullying and online harassment

• Sexual experimentation (sexting)

Reflection of offline lives

Complicated by:

• Anonymity

• Having to be “on” 24/7

• Sleep deprivation

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“Yes, it’s not all sexting and cyber bullying...”

The up side to social media

A new phenomenon

Sex+Texting

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Public healthImportance?

Public healthImportance?

Legal issues

Psychosocial health

Substance use

Sex

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Public healthImportance?

Legal issues

Psychosocial health

Substance use

Sex

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PublichealthImportance?

Legal issues

Psychosocial health

Substance use

Sex

Sexting results of Dating it Safe

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77.4

42

81.8

45.4

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Sexting Non‐sexting

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Girls

Boys

Sexting and Sex

SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

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Chicken or egg

Sexting across waves

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10

20

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Being asked Sending Asking Receiving

% OF RESPONDEN

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TYPE OF SEXTING

Sexting Trend

w2

w3

w4

w5

w6

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SnapChat at Wave6

Public healthImportance?

Maybe?

Sexting and Sexual Coercion for Female

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20

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70

Being asked Sending Asking Receiving

% OF RESPONDEN

TS

TYPES OF SEXTING

Expereience of Sexual Coercion among sexters

No experience Experience

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Snapchat x Sexual Coercion

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10

20

30

40

50

60

Receiving Sending without permission

% OF RESPONDEN

TS

Experience of Sexual Coercion among Snapchat

No experience Experience

Thank you!

Jeff R. Temple, PhDAssociate Professor and PsychologistDirector, Behavioral Health and ResearchDepartment of Ob/GynUTMB Health

P: 409.747.8560E: jetemple@utmb.edu

@DrJeffTemple