School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University, Israel.
School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2023 Jul;24(3):1948-1965. doi: 10.1177/15248380221082087. Epub 2022 May 21.
Cyber intimate partner violence (C-IPV) is a technology-mediated form of violence. It has been examined only in the last 10 years as a form of violence that can cause psychological damage to its victims. How this phenomenon connects to and differs from face-to-face IPV (F2F-IPV) has been, as yet, little studied. Research has not made clear whether sex differences may impact its use, particularly in light of the fact that no physical coercion is used in C-IPV. Thus, the current research aimed to investigate through a meta-analysis: differences between the average levels of different types of C-IPV victimization and perpetration; the association between C-IPV and F2F-IPV victimization and perpetration; and whether the answers to these questions were dependent on sex. The current meta-analysis drew on 46 studies, within 44 papers, with a total sample of 27,491 participants. Findings from 22 of these studies showed no significant sex differences between the average levels of different types of C-IPV victimization and between different types of C-IPV perpetration. These 22 studies showed positive large effect sizes for the correlation between C-IPV and F2F-IPV perpetration and victimization. Moreover, in both perpetration and victimization, sex did not impact the level of association. The findings suggested that C-IPV and F2F-IPV are highly correlated, and though not the same, they may share similar characteristics. Additionally, the results suggested that sex differences do not impact non-physical aggression, such as C-IPV. The implications for preventive strategies include that IPV interventions should also focus on alleviating instances of C-IPV.
网络亲密伴侣暴力（C-IPV）是一种通过技术媒介实施的暴力行为。它作为一种可能对受害者造成心理伤害的暴力形式，仅在过去 10 年中才得到研究。这种现象与面对面亲密伴侣暴力（F2F-IPV）之间的联系和区别，迄今为止研究甚少。研究尚未明确性别差异是否会影响其使用，特别是鉴于 C-IPV 中不使用身体强制。因此，当前的研究旨在通过元分析调查：不同类型的 C-IPV 受害和施害的平均水平之间的差异；C-IPV 与 F2F-IPV 受害和施害之间的关联；以及这些问题的答案是否取决于性别。本元分析共纳入了 46 项研究，涉及 44 篇论文，总样本量为 27491 名参与者。其中 22 项研究的结果表明，不同类型的 C-IPV 受害和不同类型的 C-IPV 施害的平均水平之间没有显著的性别差异。这 22 项研究表明，C-IPV 与 F2F-IPV 施害和受害之间存在正相关，且具有较大的效应量。此外，在施害和受害中，性别均未对关联程度产生影响。这些发现表明，C-IPV 和 F2F-IPV 高度相关，尽管它们并不相同，但可能具有相似的特征。此外，结果表明，性别差异不会影响非身体攻击，如 C-IPV。这对预防策略的影响包括，IPV 干预措施也应关注减轻 C-IPV 的发生。
