Keywords

Análisis cuantitativo; medios digitales; competencia mediática; habilidades digitales; sexting; adolescentes

Abstract

La población adolescente debe contar habilidades que promuevan un desarrollo sexual saludable. Esta idea debe extenderse a las habilidades digitales, que son esenciales en la actualidad para participar en comportamientos íntimos en línea, como el sexting. Sin embargo, el papel de las habilidades digitales en el sexting sigue estando poco explorado científicamente. Basarse en el marco integrador de competencias digitales y avanzando sobre investigaciones previas, se analiza la relación entre las habilidades técnicas (protección de la privacidad), comunicativas (interacción segura en línea) y de creación de contenido (edición de imágenes) con el envío y la recepción de mensajes sexuales esperados e inesperados. Los datos se recogieron mediante una encuesta. Con una muestra de 2,953 adolescentes (12-17 años, 48.1% mujeres) de Estonia, Italia y Finlandia, recogidos en 2021, se aplicó una regresión logística multinomial. Los resultados muestran que las habilidades comunicativas no están relacionadas con el sexting, las habilidades técnicas no reducen la recepción de sexts inesperados y las habilidades de creación de contenido aumentan la probabilidad de todas las formas de sexting. Aunque las habilidades digitales son fundamentales, no garantizan automáticamente prácticas de sexting más seguras. Es necesario un enfoque educativo y político más preciso, que enseñe no solo a utilizar herramientas digitales, sino a aplicarlas de manera que promuevan un desarrollo sexual saludable y minimicen riesgos. El presente estudio desafía perspectivas basadas en el riesgo y destaca la necesidad de una alfabetización digital integral que combine aspectos protectores y expresivos de la sexualidad en línea.

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Writing of this study was supported by the project “Research of Excellence on Digital Technologies and Wellbeing CZ.02.01.01/00/ 22_008/0004583”, which is co-financed by the European Union. The data collection was supported by the ySKILLS project, which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 870612. This study reflects only the author’s view and the Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

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Received: 2025-03-25 | Reviewed: 2025-04-10 | Accepted: 2025-04-12 | Online First: 2025-05-18 | Published: 2025-05-20

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