Sexters: depressed, anxious, pot-smoking, insomniac, sex addicts

2023-03-01

Beware the sexter! Don’t fall for people who send kinky messages — they’re more likely to be a depressed, anxious, pot-smoking, insomniac, sex addict, college survey shows

More than three quarters of college students send racy text messages now
Sexters are more disposed to ‘compulsive sexual behavior’, researchers say
Avoid problematic sex-texting types like Hunter Biden and Antony Weiner

For many US college students, exchanging suggestive messages and racy photographs of themselves has become just another feature of campus dating culture.

While more than three quarters of students engage in sexting, as it is known, research this week shows that it may not be the best way to find a suitable partner.

If anything, you could find yourself involved with a famously problematic lewd messager, such as Hunter Biden or disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner.

A study of 2,160 college students by Texas Tech University found that sexters are more likely to suffer from compulsive sexual behavior — also known as sex addiction.

That’s linked to higher rates of masturbation and pornography use and other warning signs.

Researchers also found that sexters are more likely to use cannabis and showed slightly higher rates of depression, anxiety, and sleep problems than others.

A study of 2,160 college students by Texas Tech University found that sexters are more likely to suffer from compulsive sexual behavior — also known as sex addiction

Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner (left), and Hunter Biden, have shown signs of problematic sexting behavior

Lead researcher Nicholas Borgogna, an assistant psychology professor, said sexting was not a problem in itself — just that folks needed to be on the lookout for other warning signs.

‘Sexting, if it’s consensual, if it works for you and your partner, that’s cool,’ Borgogna told DailyMail.com.

‘The issues tend to start when folks are sending sexts without consent, or are receiving sexts without consent. That can end up causing shock and offense for them and stress for you, even when that wasn’t your intention.’

His study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, showed that sexting was closely linked to compulsive sexual behaviors.

According to Borgogna, that means sexters may also have problems with impulse control, which may connect to other issues identified in the study, such as marijuana use.

To a lesser extent, sexters also reported higher rates of depression, anxiety, and sleep problems.

Borgogna said more research was needed to understand these trends, but that sleep problems could result from people messaging on their phones in their bedrooms at night.

The findings held up across all groups — men and women, gay and straight, and other identities.

Brenda Wiederhold, from the California-based Virtual Reality Medical Center, said the study showed how women respondents were four times more likely than men to receive sexts without their consent.

Nicholas Borgogna (left), an assistant psychology professor at Texas Tech University, and Brenda Wiederhold, from the California-based Virtual Reality Medical Center, highlight the problems of sexting

Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, 43, and former Australia Test cricket captain Tim Paine are among the celebrities who have hit the skids over a sexting scandal

‘Many individuals reveal they enjoy consensual sexting and feel it empowers them and builds self-confidence,’ said Wiederhold.

‘Non-consensual sexts, however, can result in feelings of violation and awkwardness.’

Sexting scandals have in recent months engulfed several celebrities, including Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, 43, and former Australia Test cricket captain Tim Paine.

But the most obvious connection between raunchy online messages, drugs and personality issues involves Hunter Biden, 52, the scandal-plagued son of US President Joe Biden.

DailyMail.com’s latest revelations about the younger Biden showed he threatened one of his cash-strapped young female staffers with withholding her pay via text message if she didn’t FaceTime him for sex.

In a separate case, Weiner, a disgraced former congressman, was in 2019 released from prison after serving about 14 months for exchanging sexually explicit texts with a 15-year-old girl.

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