Revista INFAD 2013

ISSN EDICIÓN EN PAPEL: 0214-9877

Nº1, Vol. 1, pp. 521-534 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10662/958
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SEXTING: NUEVOS USOS DE LA TECNOLOGÍA Y LA SEXUALIDAD EN ADOLESCENTES

Mª Isabel Fajardo Caldera, Marta Gordillo Hernández, Ana Belén Regalado Cuenca

Abstract

This study tries to analyse the development of Sexting between the teenagers of Extremadura. The sample is composed by 132 teenagers of ages understood between 13-17 years of several Colleges and High School. The instrument of evaluation used has been an adjustment of two survey, constructed in agreement to a Likert scale with 4 possibilities of answer and that consists of 45 items which evaluate the opinions and worries of teenagers brings over of the use of mobiles or Internet for the sending or receipt of messages, photos or provocative or suggestive videos. By means of the obtained results we conclude that the teenagers don’t admit their participation in Sexting’s acts though they know the meaning of the concept and the existence of nearby cases.

Keywords: Sexting, adolescents, teenagers, sexuality, technology.

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