Longobardi C, Fabris M A, Prino L E, Settanni M
Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Via Verdi 10, 10124 Turin, TO Italy.
Department of Philosophy and Educational Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
J Child Adolesc Trauma. 2020 Jan 23;14(1):51-60. doi: 10.1007/s40653-020-00301-5. eCollection 2021 Mar.
Female adolescents are particularly at risk of body image concerns. These individuals tend to make greater use of Social Networks and this could lead adolescents into behaviors that increase the risk of online sexual victimization (OSV). This cross-sectional study seeks to investigate the relation between body image concerns and OSV in a sample of female adolescents ( = 229) and the mediating role of three types of risky online behaviors in this link. Body image concerns predict OSV both directly and indirectly. Two of the three risky online behaviors proved to be mediators of the indirect link, namely: indiscriminate expansion of online network of contacts; and willingness to have relationships with strangers met online. Surprisingly, the third behavior, Sexting and Exhibitionism, was not shown to be a mediating factor between body image concerns and OSV. From our results emerges that adolescent girls with a negative body perception have a higher risk of OSV, and the relation between the two variables can be mediated by some risky online behaviors. It is likely that female adolescents use SNs more and adopt risky online behaviors in order to receive gratification and reassurance about their negative body image.
女性青少年尤其容易出现身体形象方面的担忧。这些个体往往更多地使用社交网络，而这可能会导致青少年出现一些行为，增加在线性侵害（OSV）的风险。这项横断面研究旨在调查229名女性青少年样本中身体形象担忧与在线性侵害之间的关系，以及三种危险的在线行为在此关联中的中介作用。身体形象担忧直接和间接地预测在线性侵害。三种危险的在线行为中有两种被证明是间接关联的中介因素，即：不加区分地扩大在线联系人网络；以及愿意与在网上结识的陌生人建立关系。令人惊讶的是，第三种行为，发送色情短信和暴露癖，并未被证明是身体形象担忧与在线性侵害之间的中介因素。从我们的结果可以看出，身体感知消极的少女遭受在线性侵害的风险更高，这两个变量之间的关系可以由一些危险的在线行为来介导。女性青少年可能更多地使用社交网络并采取危险的在线行为，以便获得对其消极身体形象的满足感和安心感。
