University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA.
Florida Atlantic University, USA.
Sex Abuse. 2020 Feb;32(1):30-54. doi: 10.1177/1079063218800469. Epub 2018 Sep 28.
is the threatened dissemination of explicit, intimate, or embarrassing images of a sexual nature without consent, usually for the purpose of procuring additional images, sexual acts, money, or something else. Despite increased public interest in this behavior, it has yet to be empirically examined among adolescents. The current study fills this gap by exploring the prevalence of sextortion behaviors among a nationally representative sample of 5,568 U.S. middle and high school students. Approximately 5% of students reported that they had been the victim of sextortion, while about 3% admitted to threatening others who had shared an image with them in confidence. Males and nonheterosexual youth were more likely to be targeted, and males were more likely to target others. Moreover, youth who threatened others with sextortion were more likely to have been victims themselves. Implications for future research, as well as the preventive role that youth-serving professionals can play, are discussed.
是指未经同意威胁传播具有明显、亲密或尴尬的色情图像，通常是为了获取更多的图像、性行为、金钱或其他东西。尽管公众对这种行为越来越感兴趣，但在青少年中还没有进行过实证研究。本研究通过对 5568 名美国中学生和高中生的全国代表性样本进行探索，填补了这一空白。大约 5%的学生报告说他们曾是敲诈勒索的受害者，而约 3%的学生承认曾对那些曾与他们分享过私密图像的人进行过威胁。男性和非异性恋青年更容易成为目标，而男性更有可能针对他人。此外，用敲诈勒索威胁他人的青少年自己更有可能成为受害者。讨论了未来研究的意义，以及青少年服务专业人员可以发挥的预防作用。
