Image-based sexual abuse

Victim-perpetrator overlap and risk-related correlates of coerced sexting, non-consensual dissemination of intimate images, and cyberflashing

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21561925
AutoresBrandon Sparks (0000-0002-8945-5241, Kingston University, autor de correspondencia), Skye Stephens (0000-0003-0800-8341, St Mary's University College), Sydney Trendell (St Mary's University College)
Año2023
Volumen148
Páginas107879
Fecha de publicación2023-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaComputers in Human Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0747-5632 • E-ISSN: 1873-7692
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.chb.2023.107879
OpenAlexW4384831596
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26
Referencias citadas67

The advent of technology has dramatically changed the way sexual violence is perpetrated and experienced. Understanding the context of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) and risk factors associated with perpetration are key to effective prevention efforts. The present study explores three IBSA behaviours—coerced sexting, non-consensual dissemination of intimate images, and cyberflashing—to examine the degree of victim-perpetrator overlap and what risk factors from the extant sexual violence literature are relevant to each behaviour. Emerging adults (n = 541; 69% female, 31% male) were recruited from a local university in Nova Scotia and the broader community (not specific to Nova Scotia) and reported their perpetration and victimization experiences with the three forms of IBSA. Participants also completed measures relating to their offense-supportive attitudes, dark triad traits, sadism, sexual compulsivity, impulsivity, and substance use. Results indicated substantial victim-perpetrator overlap for non-consensual dissemination of intimate images and cyberflashing. Victim-perpetrators demonstrated a pattern of higher scores across all risk-related measures, the magnitude of which differed across IBSA behaviours. These findings suggest that the broader literature on sexual offending is relevant to understanding IBSA and fits with the wider literature that suggests overlap between victimization and perpetration

Developmental psychology · Extant taxon · Impulsivity · Clinical Psychology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology