To maintain the desire between two appointments, to raise the temperature before an appointment, or many other reasons, it may happen that you want to send text messages olé-olé. And it turns out that an international team of researchers has just taken an interest in the profiles of people who like to indulge in the art of sexting.
The results of their study published on March 4, 2021 by MDPI, publisher of open access scientific journals, could demonstrate part fun for small consensual sexes, part creepy for people who take the matter too far…
A great psychological study on sexting
More than 6,000 people participated in this study baptized” The relationship between dark triad personality traits and sexting behaviors among adolescents and young adults in 11 countries It was about evaluating what types of sexting these volunteers liked or disliked to indulge in, according to three categories: experimental, risky or aggravated.
The first corresponds to a consenting exchange, the second to sexting related to other habits such as drinking alcohol or with strangers. The third category refers to sharing other people’s sexes without their consent (which could fall under the law of October 7, 2016 in France, by the way) or pushing people to sext.
The idea? Based on these sexting categories, try a see potential correlations with some personality traits.
Passionate about sexting, more narcissistic and Machiavellian than the average?
Well, the study found that across all categories, people who like to sex and send nudes score highest scores on measures of narcissism and Machiavellianism.
Narcissism refers to having a high self-interest (which doesn’t mean you necessarily have a high self-esteem about it all, mind you, although it’s possible). This interest can lead to a lack of empathy for others.
As for Machiavellism, again in psychology, it corresponds to a tendency towards distrust of others, amoral manipulation, the desire for status and interpersonal control.
Are there sexting psychopaths?
Conversely, people who also or especially enjoy “risky” and “aggravated” sexting also tend to score higher on the sexting scale. psychopathy (or a lack of feeling, sympathy, or empathy for others).
Gold, narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy combine to form what is known in psychology as the dark triad of personality.relationships Psychomedia. Or people who can be socially harmful.
Brief, sexting can be fun, sexy, and innocent as long as it’s consensual and private. But when they are obtained under pressure, blackmail, coercion, threat, violence or surprise, and/or disclosed without consent to other people, it is not only psychologically disturbing, but also and above all illegal and reprehensible. …
Front page photo credit: Screenshots from the documentary vendetta from France TV Slash.
Source: Madmoizelle
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