Sexting and Self-Esteem Among Youth: Preliminary Trend for Building Cyberliteracy | Zendy

Sharma Manoj Kumar | Zendy; Marimuthu P | Zendy; Anand Nitin | Zendy; N Suma | Zendy; P Thamilselvan | Zendy; Thakur Pranjali Chakraborty | Zendy; Singh Priya | Zendy; Gupta Hemant | Zendy

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Sexting and Self-Esteem Among Youth: Preliminary Trend for Building Cyberliteracy

Author(s) -

Sharma Manoj Kumar,

Marimuthu P,

Anand Nitin,

N Suma,

P Thamilselvan,

Thakur Pranjali Chakraborty,

Singh Priya,

Gupta Hemant

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of psychosexual health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2631-8326

pISSN - 2631-8318

DOI - 10.1177/2631831819890768

Subject(s) - indulgence , psychology , context (archaeology) , self esteem , developmental psychology , sexual behavior , social psychology , clinical psychology , biology , paleontology , political science , law

Objectives: Online activities have influenced the expression and indulgence in sexual behavior. Sexting has become one of the modality to express sexual behavior. The present study explored sexting in the Indian context as well as its relationship with self-esteem. Methods: 300 young adults in the age group of 17 to 20 years were assessed for sexting behaviors. Results: Studies showed that males engaged more in sexting and that there was absence of a significant difference in self-esteem and sexting. Conclusions: It has implications for screening sexting behavior among youth as well as for enhancing cyberliteracy among youth for sexting behaviors.

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