Naslov
A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Sexting Motives and Attitudes: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Croatia

Autori
Dodaj, Arta ; Sesar, Kristina ; Novak, Tihana

Izvornik
Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies (2578-1863) 2022 (2022); 1-13

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
sexting motives ; attitudes ; gender ; cross-cultural

Sažetak
Many sexting studies conducted in the Western cultures have shown that the percentage is higher in less traditional cultures. However, the generalizability of this phenomenon to non-Western cultures has not been extensively researched. The purpose of this study is to examine and explain cross-cultural differences in sexting behaviour among subjects from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. A mixed methods approach was used. The first, qualitative phase included focus groups with two groups of high school students from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia (N=57), aged 15 to 19. In the second, quantitative phase, questionnaires were sent to 440 high school students aged 21. From the interviews with the young people, non-consensual sexting was perceived as less beneficial. Sexting was viewed as a double standard. The quantitative study revealed gender and country differences in attitudes toward sexting and motives for sexting. Positive attitudes toward sexting were found to predict different forms of sexting motives in both samples. In the sample from Bosnia and Herzegovina, age was found to predict sexting with instrumental motives and body image reinforcement motives. Gender, on the other hand, was found to be predictive of instrumental sexting motives in the Croatian sample and body image reinforcement sexting motives in the Bosnia and Herzegovina sample. This study illustrates the value of cross- cultural approaches combined with mixed methods as a design to study sexting behaviour.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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