Aljuboori Dalia, Seneviratne-Eglin Elizabeth, Swiergala Elizabeth, Guerra Cristobal
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Universidad Santo Tomás, Viña del Mar, Chile.
J Child Sex Abus. 2021 Feb-Mar;30(2):192-206. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2021.1875280. Epub 2021 Jan 27.
This study evaluated the association between perceived family support, online risk behaviors, and online sexual abuse. This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study. The participants were 380 Chilean students aged 15 to 17 ( =16.12, 0.59, 49.7% female, 50.3% male) who answered self-report instruments. Females experienced more online sexual abuse; however, males engaged in more online risk behaviors. The results of the regression analysis suggested that online risk behaviors was a predictor for online sexual abuse in both males and females. However, high perceived family support was only a protective factor against online risk behaviors and online sexual abuse for females. In addition, online risk behaviors was found to partially mediate the relationship between perceived family support and online sexual abuse for females only. The results of this study highlight the importance of online risk behaviors in the process of online sexual abuse. Also, the results highlighted the importance of family support as a protective factor against online sexual abuse and online risk behaviors mainly in females. For that reason, we think it is necessary to consider the gender variables in the prevention and intervention programs to face the risk of the internet during the adolescence.
本研究评估了感知到的家庭支持、网络风险行为和网络性虐待之间的关联。这是一项横断面定量研究。参与者为380名年龄在15至17岁的智利学生（平均年龄=16.12岁，标准差0.59，49.7%为女性，50.3%为男性），他们回答了自我报告工具中的问题。女性遭受的网络性虐待更多；然而，男性参与的网络风险行为更多。回归分析结果表明，网络风险行为是男性和女性网络性虐待的一个预测因素。然而，高感知家庭支持仅是女性抵御网络风险行为和网络性虐待的一个保护因素。此外，仅发现网络风险行为部分中介了女性感知家庭支持与网络性虐待之间的关系。本研究结果凸显了网络风险行为在网络性虐待过程中的重要性。同样，结果突出了家庭支持作为抵御网络性虐待和网络风险行为的保护因素的重要性，主要是对女性而言。因此，我们认为在预防和干预项目中考虑性别变量以应对青少年时期的网络风险是必要的。
