Awọn ẹgbẹ larin ifọwọpọ, ibaraẹnisọrọ ara-ibalopo, iṣalaye ibalopo, ati ifarahan si ipalara wẹẹbu ni awọn ọdọ ọdọ Itali: Ṣawari iṣe ti o jẹ akọsilẹ nipa awọn iwa ibalopọ ati ihuwasi wiwo

Adolescents’ Ilowosi ni ori ayelujara awọn iwa ibalopọ is influenced by their developmental need to explore, define, and assert their own idanimo ibalopo. Ninu awọn wọnyi awọn iwa, lowosi sexting behaviors has been shown to have negative gaju for adolescents’ well-being because it increases the risk of exposure to different forms of online victimization. Based on these considerations, the present study aimed to examine the associations between two types of sexting behaviors, namely, verbal and visual sexting, and three specific dimensions of adolescents’ obinrin, namely, their perceived ibalopo wakọ, sexual ara-Erongba, ati ibalopọ iṣalaye. Next, we tested the ọrọ ipilẹ that involvement in sexting behaviors might be a onilaja of the link between sexuality dimensions and exposure to online unwanted sexual solicitations, and cyberbullying victimization. The sample consisted of 653 ile-iwe giga (66.9% females, Mean ori = 16.31, SD = 1.34). We found both verbal and visual sexters to be older, have a stronger ibalopo drive, and sexual self-concept than non-involved adolescents (i.e., non-sexters; while visual sexters were more likely to report non-heterosexual iṣalaye than were verbal sexters and non-sexters. Further, involvement sexting behaviors increased the risk of exposure to both cyberbullying victimization and unwanted online sexual solicitations. Onínọmbà iyika showed visual sexting acted as a mediator of the links between the sexuality dimensions and both forms of online victimization. These findings have practical implications for the idagbasoke of programs aimed at educating adolescents and their oluranlowo about the negative consequences of the uncontrolled online sharing of visual sexts, as well as providing involved adolescents with the ogbon to cope with these consequences.