While parents and those who work with youth are understandably concerned with the phenomenon of sexting—sending naked pictures of one’s self to others, often via cellphone—some studies suggest that most youth stay well away from the practice. A recent survey published in the journal Pediatrics found that just 1 percent of respondents have sexted. A new study, this one by the University of Texas and based entirely in the Lone Star State, finds a far more disturbing trend. According to the study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, about one of every three teens has sent a naked photo of him or herself to someone else, and more than half have been asked to do so. Furthermore, those who sext are far more likely to have had sex than those who don’t (about 77 percent of the girls who’ve sexted and 82 percent of the boys have had intercourse). Why the discrepancy among this study and others? Texas researchers contend that previous research often focused primarily on white teens from two-parent homes. This new research was (authors say) more evenly spread among races and ethnic groups coming from a variety of family and socio-economic backgrounds. (Time)