El sexting es uno de los fenómenos más significativos en la actualidad que radica en una conducta de los adolescentes donde realizan material de índole íntimo y sexual que son transmitidos a través de imágenes y videos donde se muestran desnudos o semidesnudos. El tipo de investigación es de carácter exploratorio y descriptivo, debido que la relación que tiene el envío de imágenes sexuales puede repercutir en el impacto emocional de los adolescentes, se complementa con la descripción de la información que se recabara con la observación. El mismo busca identificar los factores de riesgos por el envío de imágenes sexuales (sexting) en adolescentes. Palabras clave: factores de riesgos, sexting, tecnologías de la comunicación, adolescentes. ABSTRACT Sexting is one of the most significant phenomena today that lies in the behavior of adolescents where they make material of an intimate and sexual nature that are transmitted through images and videos where they are shown naked or semi-naked. The type of research is exploratory and descriptive, because the relationship that the sending of sexual images has can have repercussions on the emotional impact of adolescents, it is complemented by the description of the information that is collected with the observation. It seeks to identify risk factors for sending sexual images (sexting) in adolescents. Keywords: risk factors, sexting, communication technologies, adolescents. Fecha de recepción: 26 de marzo de 2019; Fecha de aceptación: 05 de julio de 2019; Fecha de publicación: 09 de julio de 2019.Sexting is one of the most significant phenomena today that lies in the behavior of adolescents where they make material of an intimate and sexual nature that are transmitted through images and videos where they are shown naked or semi-naked. The type of research is exploratory and descriptive, because the relationship that the sending of sexual images has can have repercussions on the emotional impact of adolescents, it is complemented by the description of the information that is collected with the observation. It seeks to identify risk factors for sending sexual images (sexting) in adolescents. Keywords: risk factors, sexting, communication technologies, adolescents.