Review of Literature on Sexting Behaviour

Michelle Drouin and Carly Landgraff (Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, United States 2011) did their research on Texting, sexting, and attachment in college students’ romantic relationships where they concluded that relationship were abte by gender where the men who were avoided are more likely to send sext than avoidant women to their partners. Joseph A. Dake, James H. Price, Lauren Maziarz and Britney Ward (mid western, 2012) did their study on Prevalence and Correlates of Sexting Behavior in Adolescents which concluded that there is positive correlation between sexting and sexual behavior, substance use behavior, emotional health behavior and time spent sexting.

Deborah Gordon Messer, Jose Arturo Bauermeister, Alison Grodzinski, MarcZimmerman (Michigan,2012) did their research on “Sexting Among Young Adults”. Their results conclude that sexting is not related to sexual risk behavior or psychological well-being. Temple JR1, Paul JA, van den Berg P, Le VD, McElhany A, Temple BW (U. S. A. , 2013). did their research on Teen sexting and its association with sexual behaviors to which results conclude that that teen sexting is prevalent and potentially indicative of teens' sexual behaviors. Teen-focused health care providers should consider screening for sexting behaviors to provide age-specific education about the potential consequences of sexting and as a mechanism for discussing sexual behaviors. Bianca Klettke David J. Hallford David J. Mellor (Australia, 2013) did their study on Sexting prevalence and correlates: A systematic literature review which concludes that sexting behaviour is associated with numerous behavioural, psychological, and social factors. April Gile Thomas, Elizabeth Cauffman (2014) did their study on Youth Sexting as Child Pornography? Developmental Science Supports Less Harsh Sanctions for Juvenile Sexters the authors conclude that juveniles should be considered less culpable for sexting behavior than adults, and recommend that the punishment for minors be more developmentally appropriate.

Allyson L. Dir and Melissa A. Cyders (U. S. , 2014) did their study on Risks, Risk Factors, and Outcomes Associated with Phone and Internet Sexting Among University Students in the United StatesThis study suggests the viability of personality and expectations moving sexual hookup behaviors through engagement in sexting behaviors. It additionally suggests that though direct negative outcomes related tosexting ar thought to be common, they were rare within the current sample.

Winkelman, Sloane Burke; Smith, Karen Vail; Brinkley, Jason; Knox, David (2014) did their study on the prevalence of sexting among college freshmen at a large southeastern university where it was found that womens are more likely/pressurised to send nude pages and majority of participants were likely to know that there were negative conequences of sexting or sending nudes. study on Exploring Perceptions of Acceptability of Sexting in Same-Sex, Bisexual, Heterosexual Relationships and Communities which concluded that sexting is viewed as more acceptable in same-sex relationships compared with heterosexual relationships. Jeff R. Temple(2015) did hid study on A primer on teen sexting where some evidence suggests that sexting may be related to psychosocial health such as depression, impulsivity, and substance abuse, the most reliable corre-late of sexting is whether or not an adolescent is consen-sually involved with or wants to be involved with another teen.

Amoadu, M; (Ghana, 2016) did their research on Relationship Among Sexting Behaviours, Sexual Risk Behaviours And Psychological Wellbeing Among College Students In The Greater Accra Region where study revealed that sexting behaviours is positively associated with sexual risk behaviours and negatively related to psychological wellbeing. Dr. Manju Agarwal, Nikeeta Kumara and Ms. Shweta Srivastava did their study on Effects of Sexting on Self-Esteem And Body-Image Among Teenagerson the students of Amity University, Lucknow (2017) where they intgrated that there is a significant difference between the self esteem of males and females, male’s self esteem is higher than females. There was no significant difference between the body image of both males and females.

Rationale

The study was done to know the impact of sexting on psychological wellbeing of teenagers. As sexting is increasing especially in teenagers, who do it for fun or to save their relationship without knowing the impact of it. Thus, it not only create an impact on their social image but also on their psychological wellbeing and on their self image. It is important to know the impact of sexting on teenagers as this is a very crucial age where either future is made or destroyed where children build their self image.