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Technology-facilitated dating abuse among adolescents: victims, perpetrators, and bystanders

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Titel: Technology-facilitated dating abuse among adolescents: victims, perpetrators, and bystanders
Alternate Title: Abuso no namoro facilitado pelo uso das tecnologias entre adolescentes: vítimas, perpetradores e observadores
Autoren: Vale, Arminda Maria Mendes
Weitere Verfasser: Matos, Marlene, Universidade do Minho
Quelle: urn:tid:101665571
Publikationsjahr: 2025
Schlagwörter: Adolescents, Bystanders, Perpetrators, Technology-facilitated dating abuse, Victims, Abuso no namoro facilitado pelo uso das tecnologias, Adolescentes, Observadores, Perpetradores, Vítimas
Beschreibung: Technology-facilitated dating abuse (TFDA), including its sexual forms (TFSDA), among adolescents, has received limited scientific and social attention. This thesis includes four empirical studies based on a school-based sample (N = 1,855; aged 12–18) and a scoping review (N = 6 studies). In Chapters I and II, the Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Relationships Scale (TAR) and the Scale for Reactive Bystander Opportunity Detection in TFSDA were validated for use in Portugal, demonstrating good psychometric properties. Prevalence rates for victimization (11.9%), perpetration (9.4%), and dual involvement (34.5%) were concerning. Cisgender girls were more often victim-perpetrators of monitoring/control behaviors, and adolescents aged 14–16 were more often victims of sexual coercion. TFDA was negatively associated with self-esteem and health-related quality of life and positively related to in-person dating violence. Image-based sexual harassment/abuse was the most frequently detected abusive typology by bystanders, with lower detection levels among cisgender girls and higher levels among older adolescents. Victims and victim-perpetrators of TFSDA detected more intervention opportunities. In Chapter III it was confirmed that the Theory of Planned Behavior is an effective model for predicting bystanders’ intentions to help victims of TFSDA. Identifying as a cisgender girl and exhibiting higher levels of empathy were positively associated with favorable attitudes and subjective norms toward helping, greater perceived control over helping, and increased intentions to help. TFDA victimization was positively associated with attitudes but negatively associated with subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. In Chapter IV four bystander classes were identified — Victim-centered helpers, Passive bystanders, Comprehensive helpers, and Inconsistent bystanders — distinguished by intraindividual factors, event characteristics, and intervention outcomes. In Chapter V it was found that, in the assessment of victims of technology-facilitated sexual abuse, forensic interviews that present victims with digital evidence of the abuse harmed both the quality of the testimony and the recovery process. Risk and trauma assessments tended to overlook this type of abuse, except when it was disclosed by the victim or flagged by child protection services. The discussion summarizes key findings, implications, limitations, and future directions.
Description (Translated): O abuso no namoro facilitado pelo uso das tecnologias (technology-facilitated dating abuse, TFDA), incluindo as suas formas sexuais (technology-facilitated sexual dating abuse, TFSDA), entre os adolescentes, tem recebido limitada atenção científica e social. Esta tese inclui quatro estudos empíricos com uma amostra escolar (N = 1,855; 12-18 anos) e uma scoping review (N = 6 estudos). Nos Capítulos I e II foram validadas para Portugal a Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Relationships Scale (TAR) e a Scale for Reactive Bystander Opportunity Detection in TFSDA, ambas com boas qualidades psicométricas. As taxas de vitimação (11.9%), perpetração (9.4%) e duplo envolvimento (34.5%) eram preocupantes. As raparigas cisgénero foram mais vítimas-perpetradoras de monitorização/controlo e os adolescentes com 14-16 anos foram mais vítimas de coerção sexual. O TFDA associou-se negativamente com a autoestima e qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde e positivamente com a violência no namoro presencial. O assédio/abuso sexual baseado em imagens foi a tipologia abusiva mais detetada pelos observadores, com níveis de deteção mais reduzidos entre raparigas cisgénero e mais elevados entre adolescentes mais velhos. Vítimas e vítimas-perpetradores de TFSDA detetaram mais oportunidades de intervenção. No Capítulo III confirmou-se que a Teoria do Comportamento Planeado é um modelo eficaz para prever a intenção dos observadores prestarem apoio a vítimas de TFSDA. Identificar-se como rapariga cisgénero e apresentar níveis elevados de empatia associou-se positivamente a atitudes e normas subjetivas favoráveis em relação a prestar apoio, à perceção de maior controlo sobre prestar apoio e intenções acrescidas de prestar apoio. A vitimação por TFDA associou-se positivamente com as atitudes, mas negativamente com as normas subjetivas e com o controlo comportamental percebido. No Capítulo IV identificaram-se quatro perfis de observadores — Ajudantes centrados na vítima, Observadores passivos, Ajudantes abrangentes e Observadores inconsistentes — que se distinguiram quanto a fatores intra-individuais, características do evento e consequências da intervenção. No Capítulo V constatou-se que, na avaliação de vítimas de abuso sexual facilitado pela tecnologia, as entrevistas forenses que expõem às vítimas as provas digitais do abuso prejudicavam tanto a qualidade do testemunho como o processo de recuperação. As avaliações de risco e de trauma tendiam a ignorar este tipo de abuso, exceto quando este era revelado pela própria vítima ou sinalizado por entidades de proteção de crianças/jovens. A discussão resume os principais resultados, implicações, limitações e direções futuras.
Dateibeschreibung: application/pdf
Sprache: English
Verfügbarkeit: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/98065
Rights: open access
Dokumentencode: rcaap.com.repositorium.repositorium.uminho.pt.1822.98065
Datenbank: RCAAP
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Abstract:Technology-facilitated dating abuse (TFDA), including its sexual forms (TFSDA), among adolescents, has received limited scientific and social attention. This thesis includes four empirical studies based on a school-based sample (N = 1,855; aged 12–18) and a scoping review (N = 6 studies). In Chapters I and II, the Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Relationships Scale (TAR) and the Scale for Reactive Bystander Opportunity Detection in TFSDA were validated for use in Portugal, demonstrating good psychometric properties. Prevalence rates for victimization (11.9%), perpetration (9.4%), and dual involvement (34.5%) were concerning. Cisgender girls were more often victim-perpetrators of monitoring/control behaviors, and adolescents aged 14–16 were more often victims of sexual coercion. TFDA was negatively associated with self-esteem and health-related quality of life and positively related to in-person dating violence. Image-based sexual harassment/abuse was the most frequently detected abusive typology by bystanders, with lower detection levels among cisgender girls and higher levels among older adolescents. Victims and victim-perpetrators of TFSDA detected more intervention opportunities. In Chapter III it was confirmed that the Theory of Planned Behavior is an effective model for predicting bystanders’ intentions to help victims of TFSDA. Identifying as a cisgender girl and exhibiting higher levels of empathy were positively associated with favorable attitudes and subjective norms toward helping, greater perceived control over helping, and increased intentions to help. TFDA victimization was positively associated with attitudes but negatively associated with subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. In Chapter IV four bystander classes were identified — Victim-centered helpers, Passive bystanders, Comprehensive helpers, and Inconsistent bystanders — distinguished by intraindividual factors, event characteristics, and intervention outcomes. In Chapter V it was found that, in the assessment of victims of technology-facilitated sexual abuse, forensic interviews that present victims with digital evidence of the abuse harmed both the quality of the testimony and the recovery process. Risk and trauma assessments tended to overlook this type of abuse, except when it was disclosed by the victim or flagged by child protection services. The discussion summarizes key findings, implications, limitations, and future directions.