A Comparison of motivation, frequency and content of S.M.S. messages sent in boys and girls high school student

AbstractThe purpose of the present research was to comparison of content, motivation and frequency of S.M.S Messages sent by boys versus girls. 288 high school students (125 girls and 138 boys) aged 14 to 18 participated in the study that have been chosen via cluster multistage sampling method and completed Type of SMS using Assessment Questionnaire (TSAQ; Shayad, 2010). Data was analyzed by using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANOVA). The results showed that there was a significant difference between boys and girls with regard to motivation, content and frequency of S.M.S messages. Girls send S.M.S more frequently than boys. In fact they send an average of 39 S.M.S a day versus 15 S.M.S sent of the average by a high school boy. Girls seek reassuring information while boys try to sending information for assurance and avoid of face-to-face relationship when they have recourse to S.M.S Boys also send more S.M.S with uncommon content, gibe content and impersonal information