The researchers conducted 12 focus groups with 120 young people, aged 13 to 14 years, across three counties in England. An additional 30 children aged 10-11, from two different counties in England, were also questioned.
The research findings were:
* there was widespread knowledge of sexting amongst 13-14 year olds. Although not everyone was engaged in sexting, many had peers that were
* 13-14 year old girls tended to self-generate as a result of a request from a boy, whilst boys tended to self-generate unprompted
* many 13-14 year olds reported that the fear of being judged would prevent them from talking to an adult if something went wrong
* most 10-11 year olds had to deal with some form of online abuse, but there was little evidence that they were exposed to sexualised content, or asked to self-generate. The full report is available to download for free here:
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