Motivaciones para sextear en el estudiantado de secundaria

The purpose of the article is to determine the prevalence of passive or active sexting, as well as the perception of motivations about this practice in high school students. Sexting is defined as the exchange of sexually suggestive messages, photos and videos through different technological devices. Considering a virtual questionnaire, 12,261 teenagers in state of Mexico were investigated. Results: The visibility of sexting from students is about 87.3%. There is a genre difference, female students receive more passive sexting than male students (44.8% versus 40.5%); likewise female students receive more sexual cyber violence. The main student motivations for participating are: It is done to fit in a group (55%), it makes them feel desirable (42%), they feel sexy (40%), and they perceive it is a trend (39%). However, 83% of them recognize that it is foolishness. To conclude, male students show more positive positions to sexting than female.