Abstract Sexting has been defined as sharing sexually suggestive content (i.e., sexts) via Internet or smartphone. To date, only a few studies investigated the role of personality traits in relation to sending or receiving sexts, and most of them used the Five Factor Model of Personality. No studies applied the theoretical model of HEXACO six personality traits (i.e., honesty-humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) when examining different types of sexting (i.e., sending own sexts, risky sexting, sharing sexts from someone else without his/her permission, sexting under pressure). Thus, this is the first study that, using a cross-cultural perspective, investigated HEXACO personality predictors of sexting behaviors considered as a multidimensional construct. A total of 5542 participants from 13 to 30 years old (Mage = 20.36; SDage = 3.67; 60.4% girls and 39.6% boys) from 10 different countries participated in the study. Participants completed the sexting behaviors questionnaire and the HEXACO personality inventory. Four hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to investigate which HEXACO personality traits predicted different sexting behaviors, controlling for country, biological sex, age, sexual identity status, and dating relationship status. Results showed that honesty-humility and conscientiousness were negatively predictive of all investigated sexting behaviors. Emotionality and extraversion were positively related, and agreeableness was negatively related to sending own sexts and risky sexting. Finally, openness to experience was negatively related to sharing sexts from someone else without his/her consent and sexting under pressure. Results have implications for the development and implementation of sexual education and prevention programs aimed towards adolescents and young adults.

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HEXACO人格特质在不同类型色情短信中的作用：10个国家的跨文化研究

摘要 色情短信被定义为通过互联网或智能手机分享性暗示内容（即色情短信）。迄今为止，只有少数研究调查了人格特质在发送或接收性短信方面的作用，其中大多数使用了人格五因素模型。没有研究应用 HEXACO 六种人格特征（即诚实谦逊、情绪化、外向性、宜人性、尽责性和对经验的开放性）的理论模型来检查不同类型的色情短信（即发送自己的短信、危险的短信、分享来自他人的短信）。未经他/她许可的其他人，在压力下发送色情短信）。因此，这是第一项使用跨文化视角调查被视为多维结构的色情短信行为的 HEXACO 人格预测因素的研究。来自 10 个不同国家的 5542 名 13 至 30 岁的参与者（Mage = 20.36；SDage = 3.67；60.4% 女孩和 39.6% 男孩）参加了这项研究。参与者完成了色情短信行为问卷和 HEXACO 人格量表。进行了四次分层回归分析，以调查哪些 HEXACO 人格特征预测了不同的色情短信行为，控制了国家、生理性别、年龄、性身份状态和约会关系状态。结果表明，诚实谦逊和尽责性对所有调查的色情短信行为都有负面预测。情绪和外向性呈正相关，宜人性与发送自己的性短信和危险性短信呈负相关。最后，对体验的开放性与未经他人同意分享他人的色情短信和在压力下发送短信呈负相关。结果对针对青少年和年轻人的性教育和预防计划的制定和实施产生影响。