Students' risky behavior in context of the information and comunication technology

Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitati odnos upuštanja u slanje seksualno eksplicitnih tekstualnih poruka, slika ili videozapisa i činjenja i doživljavanja nasilja preko interneta te rizičnog seksualnog ponašanja kod studenata. Utvrđeno je kako je u posljednjih godinu dana ukupno 60.89% sudionika poslalo seksualno eksplicitnu tekstualnu poruku i/ili videozapis, 60.33% primilo je takav sadržaj, dok je 19.12% sudionika primljeni sadržaj proslijedilo ili pokazalo osobama kojima nije namijenjen. Pokazalo se kako je 3.57% sudionika doživjelo, a 2.01% počinilo nasilje preko interneta u posljednjih godinu dana. Većina sudionika seksualno eksplicitne tekstualne poruke i/ili videozapise poslalo je svojem partneru te se najviše sudionika upustilo u seksting zbog šale, zbog nagrađivanja ili kao poklon partneru ili kao odgovor na dobivenu poruku, dok je najmanje sudionika navodilo negativne razloge za upuštanje u seksting, poput prisile partnera ili prijatelja. Gotovo svi sudionici svjesni su opasnosti sekstinga, no ipak se većina upušta u seksting, navodeći i pozitivne ishode poput osjećaja uzbuđenosti. Utvrđene su pozitivne i umjerene korelacije između sekstinga i činjenja nasilja preko interneta, sekstinga i doživljavanja nasilja preko interneta, kao i sekstinga i seksualno rizičnih ponašanja. Osim toga, utvrđene su pozitivne i slabe korelacije između činjenja nasilja preko interneta i seksualno rizičnih ponašanja te između doživljavanja nasilja preko interneta i seksualno rizičnih ponašanja. Također, utvrđena je pozitivna i umjerena korelacija između činjenja i doživljavanja nasilja preko interneta. Hijerarhijskom regresijskom analizom utvrđeno je kako je seksualno rizično ponašanje značajan prediktor upuštanja u seksting.The goal of this thesis was to explore the relations between sending sexually explicit textual messages, digital images or video content, practicing and experiencing Internet violence and risky sexually explicit behavior among college students. It has been statistically proven that a total of 60.89% of research participants had at least once sent a sexually explicit text message and/or video content, 60.33% had received such content while 13.12% had forwarded or shown the received content to parties for which it was unintended. 3.5% of research participants had experienced and 2.01% had committed Internet violence throughout the last year. The majority of participants had sent sexually explicit messages or video content to their relationship partners and likewise most of the participants had practiced sexting as a form of joke, a gift to their respective relationship partners or as an answer to receiving sexually explicit content while the minority of participants had stated various negative motives for practicing sexting such as peer or partner pressure. Mostly all of the participants are aware of the danger involved in sexting but still most of them indulge into sexting, also stating positive outcomes, such as the feeling of excitement. Positive and moderate correlations are proven between sexting and practicing acts of internet violence, experiencing internet violence and sexually risky behavior. Aditionally, positive and moderate correlations are proven between practicing acts of internet violence and experiencing internet violence. Also, positive and weak correlations are proven between practicing acts of Internet violence and sexually risky behavior and between experiencing Internet violence and sexually risky behavior. Finally, by using the hierarchical regression analysis it has been proven that sexually risky behavior acts are significant predictor to sexting