Relationship between Individual Characteristics and Sexting among adolescents

Abstract

Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitati povezanost nekih individualnih karakteristika i sekstinga. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 584 sudionika adolescentske dobi (15 do 19 godina). Individualne karakteristike koje su se ispitivale bile su samopoštovanje i razina tolerancije na devijantna ponašanja, a temelj istraživanja bila je Teorija problematičnog ponašanja (Jessor i Jessor, 1977), koja uključuje spomenute individualne karakteristike. Sudionici su ispunjavali online upitnik u kojem su samopoštovanje i tolerancija devijantnosti ispitani Upitnikom adolescentskog zdravlja i razvoja (AHDQ, Jessor, Costa i Turbin, 2002) u prilagođenoj verziji, dok je učestalost sekstinga ispitana subskalom Upitnika o seksu i tehnologiji (STSQ, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 2008). Rezultati statističkog postupka t-testa pokazali su da ne postoji spolna razlika u učestalosti sekstinga. Tolerancija devijantnosti pokazala se pozitivnim prediktorom slanja seksualno eksplicitnih slika i videozapisa, a rezultati hijerarhijske regresijske analize ukazuju na mogućnost postojanja medijatorske uloge tolerancije devijantnosti na odnos spola i sekstinga. Samopoštovanje se nije pokazalo značajnim prediktorom sekstinga. Utjecaj spola na odnos razine samopoštovanja i učestalosti sekstanja nije se pokazao statistički značajan.The aim of this thesis was to examine the relationship between some individual characteristics and sexting. The study had included 584 participants, all of whom were of adolescent age (15-19). Individual characteristics that were studied were self-esteem and tolerance of deviance. Basis of the study was Problem behavior theory (Jessor & Jessor, 1977) which contains characteristics that were previously mentioned. Participants took an online questionnaire in which self-esteem and tolerance of deviance were tested using Adolescent Health and Development Questionnaire (ADHQ, Jessor, Costa & Turbin, 2002) in adjusted version, whereas sexting frequency was tested using Questionnaire about Sex and Technology (STSQ, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 2008). Results of statistical analysis using t-test showed no gender difference in sexting. Also, results of analysis implicate that there is significant positive correlation between tolerance of deviance and sexting and implicate that tolerance of deviance may have a mediating role in relationship between gender and sexting. Self-esteem has shown no relation to frequency of sexting. Gender had no influence on relationship between self-esteem and frequency of sexting, where self-esteem and frequency of sexting also had no significant correlation