de Roos Melissa S, Caon Giorgia, Veldhuizen Ochodničanová Elza
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Jan 21;15(2):102. doi: 10.3390/bs15020102.
People are increasingly turning to online settings to disclose very personal experiences, such as unwanted sexual encounters. Whilst the barriers to disclosure of such experiences and the positive effects of disclosure are well documented, little is known about the online disclosure experiences of survivors and victims of sexual violence, and no research has assessed differences between online and offline disclosures. This study assessed experiences of online and offline disclosures ( = 369; 86.4% female), focusing on people's reasons for (non-)disclosure, the severity of people's unwanted sexual experiences, the reactions they received to their disclosures, and how they felt about the disclosure. The results indicated differences between online and offline disclosures, with offline disclosures more strongly associated with negative responses than online disclosures. Moreover, people felt more positively about an online disclosure than they did about an offline disclosure. The interplay between these various factors and how people felt about their disclosure showed a different pattern across online and offline contexts. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
人们越来越多地转向网络环境来披露非常私密的经历，比如 unwanted sexual encounters。虽然披露此类经历的障碍以及披露的积极影响已有充分记录，但对于性暴力幸存者和受害者的网络披露经历却知之甚少，而且尚无研究评估网络披露与线下披露之间的差异。本研究评估了网络披露和线下披露的经历（n = 369；86.4%为女性），重点关注人们（不）披露的原因、人们 unwanted sexual experiences 的严重程度、他们披露后收到的反应，以及他们对披露的感受。结果表明网络披露和线下披露存在差异，线下披露比网络披露更强烈地与负面反应相关联。此外，人们对网络披露的感觉比对线下披露更为积极。这些不同因素之间的相互作用以及人们对自己披露的感受在网络和线下情境中呈现出不同的模式。文中讨论了其对未来研究的启示和方向。 （注：“unwanted sexual encounters”直译为“ unwanted 性接触”，可能在医学语境中有更准确的专业表述，但此处保留原文以便呈现全貌。）
