Teens and sexting

A recent study by the  Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine surveyed nearly 1,000 students at seven public high schools in southeast Texas, and found that nearly 30% were sending nude pictures of themselves through email or text messages, higher than previous reports:

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112649806/30-percent-of-teens-are-sexting/

http://www.kwqc.com/story/18940239/study-nearly-30-of-us-teenagers-are-sexting

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2168082/Nearly-teenagers-sexted-nude-photos–57-harrassed-send-pictures.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/man-woman/Sexting-teenagers-more-likely-to-have-sex/articleshow/14668860.cms

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/07/-sexting-growing-at-alarming-rate-with-teenagers-study-shows-77599.html

http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/06/teenage-sexting-is-becoming-the-norm/

And in a new study, the L.A. teenagers who had sent racy texts were seven times more likely to be sexually active than those who said they’d never sexted:

http://life.nationalpost.com/2012/09/17/new-study-again-links-sexting-with-risky-sexual-behaviour-in-teenagers/