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Ovaj priručnik pripremljen je u sklopu projekta Priro da i odrednice sekstinga među adolescentima i mladima: Kros-kulturalno istraživanje (SextYouth) Odjela za psiholo giju Sveučilišta u Zadru, koji financira Hrvatska zaklada za znanost (HRZZ), od veljače 2021. do veljače 2026. godine. Priručnik sadrži opisane edukativne radionice za adolescen te, nastavnike i roditelje/skrbnike, temeljene na najnovijim znanstvenim spoznajama o važnim karakteristikama i čim benicima koji pridonose sekstingu, ali i o onim čimbenici ma koji mogu biti zaštitni u kontekstu njegovih negativnih posljedica. Glavni su ciljevi radionica razviti znanje i svijest o fenomenu sekstinga te razumjeti strategije procjene i rada s mladima koji su izloženi negativnim posljedicama sekstin ga. Nakon uvodnoga teorijskog dijela o problematici sek stinga priručnik nudi i praktični dio koji uključuje edukativ ne materijale za provedbu i evaluaciju radionica. Uz pomoć ovoga priručnika svi zainteresirani nastavnici, odgajatelji i drugi stručnjaci koji rade s mladima, kao i svi zainteresirani roditelji/skrbnici i adolescenti, mogu se informirati i dalje provoditi program radi sprječavanja negativnih posljedica sekstinga među adolescentima.

Qualitative research on sexting is not at all rare internationally (for an overview, see Doyle et al., 2021). Despite this steady increase in qualitative international research, qualitative studies examining the phenomenon of sexting in non-Western, traditional cultural contexts are rare. This study aims to qualitatively examine sexting in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as both are post-war countries that share similar cultural values, but also differences that may be evident in sexting behaviour. Participants were 57 high school students (aged 15-19) from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia who participated in the six online focus group discussions, with each group consisting of six to twelve participants. Participants responded to five written vignettes describing sexting practices. The five vignettes about sexting were composed of five types of sexting experiences: (1) sexting under intimate partner pressure, (2) consensual sexting with intimate partner, (3) revenge sexting, (4) sexting under peer pressure, and (5) sexting to flirt with another person. Students gave their opinions on the vignettes presented. Sexting with the motive of partner revenge and peer or partner pressure was perceived negatively by participants, while sexting for the purpose of maintaining an intimate relationship was viewed positively. Sexting for the purpose of flirting was mostly perceived negatively or neutrally, in terms of making one's own choices. Overall, the qualitative study based on the vignette suggests that non- consensual forms of sexting are viewed as negative behavior in both cultural contexts, while consensual sexting with a trusted person is viewed as positive behavior.

The frequency, attitudes and experiences related to sexting among students within this research were examined by a qualitative research method, through two online focus groups in which students from Bosnia and Herzegovina participated. Two online synchronous focus groups were included in the research which took place via Zoom. The size of the groups ranged from nine to twelve participants. A participants aged from nineteen to twenty five years old participated in the focus groups, which lasted in average for ninety minutes. The results obtained through online focus groups showed that about 67% of students participated in sexting, and have done so voluntarily. Participants had mostly positive or mixed attitudes towards sharing their own sexts, while attitudes towards posting or sharing other people sexts without their consent or blackmailing by posting or sharing other people sexts were mostly negative. Analysis of the results showed that the relational motives (to sustain intimacy and maintenance of close relationship, especially in long-distance relationship) were the most prevalent motives of participating in sexting. Participants described many advantages of sexting in terms of increasing sexual arousal and satisfaction in a relationship, but also disadvantages in terms of sharing content related to the occurrence of psychological difficulties and public condemnation as well as shame. In conclusion, obtained results show that young students have a strong interest in sexting, and they perceive it as normal and frequent, especially in the context of intimate relationships.

Supplemental material, Supplementary_Table for Body image self-consciousness and sexting among heterosexual and non-exclusively heterosexual individuals by Dominika Howard, Bianca Klettke, Elizabeth Clancy, Ian Fuelscher and Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz in New Media & Society