Body image self-consciousness and sexting among heterosexual and non-exclusively heterosexual individuals
Howard, Dominika, Klettke, Bianca, Clancy, Elizabeth, Fuelscher, Ian and Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew 2021, Body image self-consciousness and sexting among heterosexual and non-exclusively heterosexual individuals, New Media and Society, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1217-1235, doi: 10.1177/1461444820909469.
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Body image self-consciousness and sexting among heterosexual and non-exclusively heterosexual individuals
This study sought to explore whether body image self-consciousness during sexual relations predicts whether and for what reasons individuals send sexts. A series of ordinal and binary logistic regression analyses revealed that increased body image self-consciousness during sexual relations predicted consensual but unwanted instances of sexting for men and women, a lower frequency of sending sexts among heterosexual individuals, and a lesser likelihood of sending sexts in order to flirt. Body image self-consciousness, however, was not predictive of sending sexts in general or sending sexts in order to ‘feel sexy’. This research provides support for the negative relationship between body image self-consciousness and sexual agency across gender, and suggests that individuals affected by body image anxieties might be prone to technology-mediated abuse. Study limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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