The Effects of Using Identity Deception and Suggesting Secrecy on the Outcomes of Adult-Adult and Adult-Child or -Adolescent Online Sexual Interactions

Bergen, Emilia; Davidson, Julia; Schulz, Anja; Schuhmann, Petya; Johansson, Ada; Santtila, Pekka; Jern, Patrick

doi:10.1080/15564886.2013.873750

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“…Grooming has been defined as the process by which an adult, using digital media prepares a minor in order to obtain sexual material (images, videos) from him or her or to sexually abuse him or her [ 33 ]. Studies of surveys of adolescents aged 10–17 indicate a prevalence of sexual requests ranging between 5% and 9% [ 34 ]. Prevalence figures of 15.6% for girls and 9.3% for boys have been found in a Spanish population study of young people aged 12 to 15 years [ 35 ].…”

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Internet Risks: An Overview of Victimization in Cyberbullying, Cyber Dating Abuse, Sexting, Online Grooming and Problematic Internet Use

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The advance of digital media has created risks that affect the bio-psycho-social well-being of adolescents. Some of these risks are cyberbullying, cyber dating abuse, sexting, online grooming and problematic Internet use. These risks have been studied individually or through associations of some of them but they have not been explored conjointly. The main objective is to determine the comorbidity between the described Internet risks and to identify the profiles of victimized adolescents. An analytical and cross-sectional study with 3212 participants (46.3% males) from 22 Spanish schools was carried out. Mean age was 13.92 ± 1.44 years (range 11–21). Assessment tools with adequate standards of reliability and validity were used. The main results indicate that the most prevalent single risk is cyberbullying victimization (30.27%). The most prevalent two-risk associations are cyberbullying-online grooming (12.61%) and cyberbullying-sexting (5.79%). The three-risk combination of cyberbullying-sexting-grooming (7.12%) is highlighted, while 5.49% of the adolescents present all the risks. In addition, four profiles are distinguished, with the profile Sexualized risk behaviour standing out, with high scores in grooming and sexting and low scores in the rest of the risks. Determining the comorbidity of risks is useful for clinical and educational interventions, as it can provide information about additional risks.

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Internet Risks: An Overview of Victimization in Cyberbullying, Cyber Dating Abuse, Sexting, Online Grooming and Problematic Internet Use

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Fernández‐González

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“…Inter-rater reliability was assessed with a median value of agreement being .69 (Cohen's K). Bergen et al [6] The prevalence and related outcomes of identity deception and keeping the online interaction a secret was assessed via online self-report surveys Logistic regression analysis to examine the affect each item of deception and secrecy may have on outcomes. One-sample and independent t-tests were carried out on significant results.…”

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Data on fantasy vs contact driven internet-initiated sexual offences: Study selection, appraisal and characteristics

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Data presented within this article supports the findings of the manuscript “A systematic review of fantasy driven vs contact driven internet-initiated sexual offences: Discrete or overlapping typologies?” (Broome et al., in press) [1]. Inclusion and Exclusion criteria of study selection, PICO Formulation of Study Appraisal, as well as the Study Characteristics and Methodology of included studies are presented.

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“…Considering the association of social anxiety, loneliness, and PIU with online sexual interaction, as shown in the present and previous studies, we assessed whether these variables would be particularly associated with online sexual solicitation of minors. Studies have shown that adult-adult interactions differ little from adult-minor interactions in tactics and situational factors (Bergen, Ahto, et al, 2014;Bergen, Davidson, et al, 2014). Thus, the present study included a comparison group of Internet users with adult sexual online contacts to distinguish whether detected variations in psychopathological conditions were specific for the group of solicitors or an artifact of using the Internet for sexual interaction in general.…”

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“…Including a group without sexual online contacts and a group with adult-only contacts served to differentiate characteristics which may be specific for solicitation offenders against minors from characteristics associated with using the Internet for sexual interactions in general. This is important as Bergen and colleagues found little difference between adults sexually interacting with adults and adults soliciting minors with regards to tactics (Bergen, Davidson, et al, 2014) and situational factors (Bergen, Ahto, et al, 2014) of the sexual interaction.…”

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Social Anxiety and Loneliness in Adults Who Solicit Minors Online

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This study examined the association of social anxiety, loneliness, and problematic Internet use (PIU) with the online solicitation of minors. Within a convenience sample of adult Internet users from Germany, Finland, and Sweden (N = 2,828), we compared the responses of participants who had not interacted sexually with strangers online (n = 2,049) with participants who sexually interacted with unknown adults online (n = 642), and both groups with adults who sexually solicited unknown minors online (n = 137). Online sexual interaction with adults was associated with higher levels of social anxiety, loneliness, and PIU compared with not sexually interacting with strangers online. Sexually soliciting minors online was associated with higher levels of social anxiety, loneliness, and PIU compared with sexually interacting with adults and not sexually interacting with strangers at all. Interestingly, compared with those with adult contacts, loneliness was specifically pronounced for participants who solicited children, whereas social anxiety and PIU were pronounced for participants soliciting adolescents. These findings suggest that social anxiety, loneliness, and PIU may be among the motivators for using the Internet to solicit individuals of different age groups for sexual purposes. These factors emerged as specifically relevant for adults who sexually solicited minors and who reported greater impairments compared with adults who sexually interacted with adults. These characteristics may thus be important to consider for assessment and treatment procedures for individuals soliciting minors online.

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The Effects of Using Identity Deception and Suggesting Secrecy on the Outcomes of Adult-Adult and Adult-Child or -Adolescent Online Sexual Interactions

Cited by 46 publications

References 23 publications

Internet Risks: An Overview of Victimization in Cyberbullying, Cyber Dating Abuse, Sexting, Online Grooming and Problematic Internet Use

Internet Risks: An Overview of Victimization in Cyberbullying, Cyber Dating Abuse, Sexting, Online Grooming and Problematic Internet Use

Data on fantasy vs contact driven internet-initiated sexual offences: Study selection, appraisal and characteristics

Social Anxiety and Loneliness in Adults Who Solicit Minors Online

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