The role of body image concerns in online sexual victimization among female adolescents: The mediating effect of risky online behaviors
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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 (n = 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.
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Behaviors such as sexy online self-presentation and concerns about body image make girls more at risk of online sexual harassment.
“Behaviors such as sexy online self-presentation and concerns about body image make girls more at risk of online sexual harassment [63,64,65].”
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The Conclusion reports that girls with body image concerns were at greater risk of online sexual victimization. The Results found only a marginally significant association between sexting and online exhibitionism—the closest measures to sexy online self-presentation—and victimization; those behaviors did not mediate the body-image link. The paper studies online sexual victimization rather than sexual harassment specifically, and its cross-sectional findings do not establish that either factor causes increased risk. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Authors
- Longobardi, C., Fabris, M. A., Prino, L. E., & Settanni, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Turin (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Fabris, M A
- Venue
- Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma
- Published
- 2020-01-23
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 51-60
- ISSN
- 1936-1521 (ISSN-L)
- 1936-153X
- PMC
- PMC7900261
- OpenAlex
- W3002748661
- Cited by
- 41
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 7.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Keywords
- body image concern, online sexual victimization, adolescent girls, risky online behavior, social networking sites, sexting, exhibitionism, mediation
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