Substance Use While Sexting Moderates the Effect of Sexual Identity Development on Offline and Online Sexting Consequences Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males.

ABSTRACT: Research suggests that for adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM), sexting may be a way of exploring one's sexuality and a safer way to develop romantic and sexual relationships than doing so offline. However, there is a paucity of research on the positive and negative consequences of sexting in this population. Although sexual identity development processes have been linked to positive and negative outcomes of in-person sexual experiences, they have not been examined in relation to sexting. Substance use while sexting may increase the risk of offline and online negative sexting consequences, and ASMM use alcohol and drugs at higher rates than the general population of adolescents. In this national US online survey, we sampled 332 ASMM ages 16-18 who had sexting experience with male partn

SUBMITTER: Bragard E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12709553 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature