2019 Vol.10 No.4:304 Commentary iMedPub Journals www.imedpub.com Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience ISSN 2171-6625 1 © Under License of Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License | This article is available in: www.jneuro.com Fuensanta Lopez-Rosales 1 , José Luis Jasso-Medrano 2, * and Faustin Armel Etindele Sosso 3,4,5 1 Innovaton and Evaluaton in Health Psychology, Psychology Faculty, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 2 Center for Research in Nutriton and Public Health, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 3 Centre for Advanced Studies in Sleep Medicine, Sacred Heart Hospital, Montreal, Canada 4 Insttute of Health and Society, Faculty of Humanites, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada 5 Quebec Network on Suicide, Mood Disorders and Related Disorders, Canada *Corresponding author: Dr. José Luis Jasso-Medrano,  jose.jassomd@uanl.edu.mx Center for Research in Nutriton and Public Health, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Tel: +1-514-987-300 Citation: Lopez-Rosales F, Jasso-Medrano JL, Sosso FAE (2019) Cyberpsychology: A Rapid Overview of Sextng. J Neurol Neurosci Vol.10 No.4:304 Cyberpsychology: A Rapid Overview of Sextng Received: July 26, 2019; Accepted: August 25, 2019; Published: August 31, 2019 Commentary Technology has revolutonized interpersonal relatonships in many ways, including sexuality. Due to the interactvity that exists on the Internet and the accessibility of current devices, it is increasingly popular to experience sexuality through technology [1-3]. The term sextng came from the practce of sex or sex- actvity related through text messages (textng) [4,5]. However, currently the practce of sextng is not limited to messages, since it can include videos, audios, photos, voice calls and video calls [6,7]. Young people are those who practce sextng the most and it has been related to the use of social networks [8,9]. Some authors questoned sextng as a risk behavior, since it is usually a common practce for young people. However, it is considered a risk factor since, although it could be shared privately and a person of trust, the intmate material can reach third partes, either by intentonal or unintentonal disseminaton, so there is a vulnerability of its privacy, exclusion, work/academic consequences, and intmidaton, with consequences of feelings of guilt and shame, depression, among others, including suicide [4,10-13]. Although there are more studies regarding sextng, its research is stll very limited. Several authors point out that more research is necessary to know the impacts and consequences, since it could be consttuted as a risk behavior associated with diferent problems, such as risky sexual behaviors [1,8]. One of the main problems that has been found is that studies of sextng has focused on the consequences and not on the behavior itself. One of the factors that has greater relaton is the cybernetc harassment, nevertheless some authors analyze them like a same concept, reason why it is important to analyze to the conduct and not in its possible consequences [9]. It is important to note that sextng is seen as a voluntary act while cyberbullying is something involuntary [8]. For example, it was found that depression is not related to sextng as consequence but it is related to cybervictmizaton [8]. Sextng is a risk factor for cybervictmizaton, since the intmate material can be used to blackmail the victm or cause damage through its difusion [2,9,14,15]. The relatonship between risk behaviors in young people may be mediated by impulsivity. Impulsiveness has been related to sextng as well as other risk factors such as addictons and suicide [16-18]. Deepening on the explanatons and consequences will be able to clarify the modern risk behaviors and it will be possible to deepen in its preventon and interventon [6,19]. Just as it can be treated as a popular and modern form of sexuality, mainly by young people, some studies relate it to negatve aspects, and can be an important risk factor. For this it will be important that the studies focus on the behavior and not on the consequences of sextng, since the virtual harassment and not the virtual sexuality practce would be really being investgated. Once the operatonalizaton of sextng has been identfed, it should be divided into its diferent types, as well as the frequency and with whom they regularly practce it, since there could be a diference between those who do it with their partner and those who practce it with strangers through of websites or social networks. Although quanttatve