A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Sexting Motives and Attitudes: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Croatia

Table 5

Results of regression analyses for sexual, instrumental, and body image reinforcement sexting purpose.

	Sexual purpose				Instrumental purpose				Body image reinforcement purpose
Predictor variable	B&H		Cro		B&H		Cro		B&H		Cro
	(S.E.)		(S.E.)		(S.E.)		(S.E.)		(S.E.)		(S.E.)
Gender	0.048 (0.051)		0.074 (0.071)		0.087 (0.063)		0.198 (0.071)		0.161 (0.060)		0.119 (0.072)
Age	-0.023 (0.052)	11.657	0.143 (0.074)	11.109	-0.165 (0.064)	13.114	0.002 (0.074)	11.609	-0.129 (0.061)	19.068	0.012 (0.075)	8.753
Intimate relationship	0.084 (0.052)		0.094 (0.069)		0.033 (0.064)		0.113 (0.069)		0.062 (0.061)		0.048 (0.070)
Attitudes toward sexting	0.658 (0.053)		0.357 (0.061)		0.372 (0.065)		0.347 (0.061)		0.428 (0.062)		0.338 (0.062)
	0.473		0.165		0.204		0.171		0.271		0.135

Note: B&H = Bosnia and Herzegovina; Cro = Croatia; ; ; .