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Image-Based Sexual Abuse Associated Factors: A Systematic Review

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Paradiso, Maria Noemi, Rollè, Luca, Trombetta, Tommaso·2024·Journal of Family Violence
DOI 10.1007/s10896-023-00557-zPMC PMC10126554
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Purpose: Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) is a recently studied form of violence and abuse perpetrated using technology. This systematic review aims to examine and systematize studies exploring factors associated with IBSA (e.g., victimization, perpetration, and propensity to perpetrate). Method: Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement, 17 articles were included. Results: The results of this study highlighted conceptual and methodological limitations in the literature on IBSA. Aside from these limitations, this systematic review identified factors associated with IBSA, focusing on four macro-areas: victimization, perpetration, propensity to perpetrate IBSA, and IBSA implications. The results demonstrated the role of psychological, relational, and social variables, although the effect sizes observed in the quantitative studies were small or in few cases moderate. Conclusions: These results suggest further research should be carried out to explore the multidimensionality of IBSA and its associated factors, which may assist in guiding interventions to promote preventive and rehabilitative methods to lower the prevalence of this crime and its consequences.

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  • OCSA is rarely an isolated incident but rather a component of the broader context of technology-facilitated sexual abuse.

    “Therefore, OCSA is rarely an isolated incident but rather a component of the broader context of technology-facilitated sexual abuse (35, 76, 77).”

    From Developmental Trajectories and Outcomes of Online Child Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies (2026) · cites this paper as [77]

    The Introduction describes image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) as part of a broader continuum of sexual violence, and the Discussions link some IBSA cases to other forms of intimate partner violence. These passages support the broader-context point, but they do not establish that OCSA is rarely an isolated incident; the paper discusses IBSA rather than OCSA specifically. No page numbers were available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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Authors
Paradiso, M. N., Rollè, L., & Trombetta, T.
Affiliations
University of Turin (IT)
Corresponding author
Rollè, Luca
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Family Violence
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2023-04-25
Volume
39
Issue
5
Pages
931-954
ISSN
  • 0885-7482 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2851
DOI
10.1007/s10896-023-00557-z
PMC
PMC10126554
OpenAlex
W4366987902
Cited by
59
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 6
FWCI
3.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Journal of Family Violence (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Università degli Studi di Torino
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
Keywords
image-based sexual abuse, cyber sexual violence, victimization, perpetration, associated factors, psychological factors, relational factors, social factors, prevention, rehabilitation

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