Sexting en universitarios: relación con edad, sexo y autoestima

espanolEl sexting es un fenomeno social globalizado que aumenta con la edad en adolescentes, aunque hay pocas investigaciones centradas en conocer su practica en universitarios, motivo del presente estudio, en el que participaron 899 jovenes estudiantes de la Universidad de Granada (Espana) con edades entre 18 y 24 anos. Los objetivos eran conocer (mediante analisis de frecuencias y correlaciones) la prevalencia del sexting entre hombres y mujeres, analizar su relacion con la edad, el sexo y la autoestima; y determinar la prevalencia de la practica del sexting por edad. Se utilizaron dos instrumentos, la Escala de Conductas sobre Sexting y la Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg. La relevancia del estudio radica en que constata que tanto chicos como chicas realizan sexting, mas los chicos, y que la practica se incrementa hasta los 21 anos, descendiendo ligeramente a los 24. No se encontro relacion con autoestima. Como conclusion se recomienda prudencia (puesto que la mayoria ha realizado sexting alguna vez) al ser una practica no exenta de riesgo de la que pueden derivarse consecuencias personales y profesionales negativas, por la amplia difusion y permanencia que puede tener este material en la red. EnglishSexting is a globalized social phenomenon that increases with age in adolescents, although there are few researches focused in its practice in university students, goal of the present study, which involved 899 students of the University of Granada (Spain) with ages between 18 and 24 years. The objectives were to know (through analysis of frequencies and correlations) the prevalence of sexting between men and women, to analyze the relation with age, sex and self-esteem; and to determine the prevalence of the practice of sexting by age. Two instruments were used, the Sexting Behaviors Scale and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that confirm that both men and women practice sexting, more men, and that the practice increases until the 21 years, falling slightly at 24. No relation was found with self-esteem. The study concludes that since most of the students have done sexting, precaution is recommended, because of the risk of the negative personal and professional consequences that may result, for the wide dissemination and permanence that can have this information in the network.