Online, offline, and over the line: Coercive sexting among adolescent dating partners
Abstract
This study examines the incidence and correlates of coercive sexting by dating partners among middle and high school students, including sex-based differences and associations with other forms of sexual coercion. Survey data from a study of protective factors for teen dating violence in middle and high school students were examined ( N = 1,236). Of youth who reported at least one dating or sexual partner in the past 12 months, 12% reported coercive sexting victimization and 8% acknowledged pressuring a partner to sext. Other forms of sexual coercion including the use of threats and insistence on sex without a condom were significantly associated with perpetration and victimization of coercive sexting. Coercive sexting was notably more prevalent in the high school cohort, with boys significantly more likely to pressure a partner than girls. The strong association with other forms of sexual coercion suggests a potential link to broader patterns of teen dating violence.
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Girls are more often coerced by boys to send sexually explicit images than vice versa.
“Research has consistently shown that girls are more often coerced by boys to send sexually explicit images than vice versa (Kernsmith et al., 2018; Ouytsel et al., 2017).”
From Young people's experiences of image-based sexual harassment and abuse in England and Canada: Toward a feminist framing of technologically facilitated sexual violence (2022) · cites this paper as Kernsmith et al., 2018
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- Authors
- Kernsmith, P. D., Victor, B. G., & Smith-Darden, J. P.
- Affiliations
- Wayne State University (US)
- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Corresponding author
- Kernsmith, Poco D.
- Venue
- Youth & Society
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2018-03-21
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 891-904
- ISSN
- 0044-118X (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8499
- OpenAlex
- W2793665140
- Cited by
- 102
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 22.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Youth & Society (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (#1U01CE002115)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Keywords
- adolescent dating violence, sexual coercion, dating partners, sexual offending, sex differences, condom use, threats, middle and high school students, protective factors
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