What Do We Know About Sexting, and When Did We Know It?

In this issue of JAH, Choi et  al. [1] report on research examining sexting among sexual minority youth. The results of their study represent a significantly more sophisticated understanding of this behavior, relative to the emergence of the concept of sexting approximately 15 years ago. Back then, in 2005, the Los Angeles Tim es published a news story referencing a phenomenon they called “sext messaging.” Three years later, a survey released by Cosmogirl.com and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy was the first to examine this behavior in a systematic way.
Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - Category: Child Development Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research