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Research into young people’s experience of sending and sharing nude and nearly nude images — otherwise known as ‘sexting’.

At least one in four teens are receiving sexually explicit texts and emails, and at least one in seven are sending sexts, a new study suggests.
 
Sexting can be a healthy way for young people to explore sexuality and intimacy when it's consensual, said lead study author Sheri Madigan of the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute and the University of Calgary in Canada.

The trouble is that when it's coerced, or when sexts are shared without permission, it can feel a lot like cyberbullying, with many of the same dangerous mental health consequences.
 
More than one in 10 teens are forwarding these sexts without consent, the study found. And roughly one in 12 teens have had sexts they sent shared without their permission.