INTRODUCTION Approximately 15% of adolescent girls in the United States have engaged in sexting. Although sexting frequency is similar across genders, adolescent girls report more negative consequences. To date, the majority of sexting research focuses on demographic and behavioral predictors of sexting frequency or onset and there is limited research on the associations between different sexting motivations and consequences. This cross-sectional study draws upon approach-avoidance motivation theory to examine how different sexting motivations serve as risk and protective factors related to negative sexting consequences and which motivations promote more positive experiences. METHOD A sample of 200 cisgender girls, 14-18 years, diverse with respect to race/ethnicity and geographical region, who had sexted a male recipient in the past year completed an online survey. RESULTS Regression analyses indicated that avoidance motivations sexting in response to peer pressure and popularity and sexting in response to male coercion were risk factors for negative sexting consequences. Sexual subjectivity (sexual body-esteem, entitlement to sexual pleasure, and sexual self-reflection) was a protective factor against negative sexting consequences and, along with sexting for sexual or romantic reasons, an approach motivation, was associated with experiencing more positive sexting consequences. CONCLUSION These findings support previous recommendations that schools incorporate ways to counter pressured sexting into existing cyberbullying or dating violence curricula and also align with a positive sexual development framework that acknowledges the importance of consensual and healthy sexual experiences during adolescence that minimize risks and vulnerabilities.

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青春期女孩的色情动机与后果之间的关联。

简介 在美国，大约 15% 的青春期女孩参与过色情短信。尽管性别之间的发短信频率相似，但青春期女孩报告的负面后果更多。迄今为止，大多数色情短信研究都集中在色情短信频率或发作的人口统计和行为预测因素上，而对不同色情短信动机和后果之间的关联的研究有限。这项横断面研究利用回避动机理论来检验不同的色情短信动机如何充当与负面色情短信后果相关的风险和保护因素，以及哪些动机会促进更积极的体验。方法 200 名 14-18 岁的顺性别女孩样本，种族/民族和地理区域各不相同，在过去一年中对男性接收者进行性交的人完成了一项在线调查。结果 回归分析表明，回避动机是针对同伴压力和受欢迎程度的色情短信以及针对男性胁迫的色情短信是负面色情短信后果的风险因素。性主体性（性身体自尊、性快感和性自我反省）是防止色情短信负面后果的保护因素，并且与出于性或浪漫原因的色情短信一起，一种接近动机，与体验更积极的色情短信后果有关.