Psychopathological aspects of sexting and IBSA perpetrators: a brief research report
Author
Gassó, Aina M.
García Forero, Carlos
Piqueras, Jorge
Gómez Durán, Esperanza Luisa
Publication date
2022ISSN
1664-0640
Abstract
Introduction: IBSA has been defined as taking, distributing, and/or making threats to distribute, a sexual image without a person's consent, and up to date there is still limited research on IBSA perpetration and characteristics of IBSA perpetrators. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify characteristics of IBSA perpetrators, in order to guide future intervention and prevention programs. Methods: An online survey was conducted regarding IBSA related behaviors and psychopathology. The original sample comprised 1,370 Spanish college students (74% females). Results: The IBSA perpetrator subsample comprised 284 participants (49.5% females). Our findings indicate that perpetrators are more commonly males, with higher psychopathology scores, especially in hostility scales, with previous IBSA victimization experiences, and who usually target friends, to have fun or as a joke, or partners, to flirt. Furthermore, when examining intragroup differences regarding perpetration level of severity, results showed that those who reported engaging in the most severe forms of IBSA reported higher rates of psychopathology and hostility. Yet, to intervene in those who present more severe behaviors, we must also pay attention to depression, somatization and sleep disturbances. Conclusions: IBSA perpetrators share key factors that could be targeted in forensic and clinical interventions, and that should be taken into account when designing effective offender intervention programs. Intervention programs should focus on anger-management issues that help reduce perpetrators' hostility and anxiety symptoms, and should also be aimed at modifying attitudes that justify perpetration behaviors and contribute to harmful interactions with their friends or to intimate partner violent dynamics.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
159.9 - Psychology
616.89 - Psychiatry. Pathological psychiatry. Psychopathology
Keywords
Amenaces
Intervenció i prevenció
Psicopatologia
Hostilitat
Depressió
Intervencions forenses
Intervenció de delinqüents
Gestió de la ira
Dinàmiques violentes
Amenazas
Intervención y prevención
Psicopatología
Hostilidad
Depresión
Intervenciones forenses
Intervención de delincuentes
Gestión de la ira
Dinámicas violentas
Threats
Intervention and prevention
Psychopathology
Hostility
Depression
Forensic interventions
Intervention of criminals
Anger management
Violent dynamics
Pages
9
Publisher
Frontiers Media
Collection
13
Is part of
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Citation
Gassó, Aina M.; García Forero, Carlos; Piqueras, Jorge [et al.]. Psychopathological aspects of sexting and IBSA perpetrators: a brief research report. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022, 13, 983881. Disponible en: <https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.983881/full>. Fecha de acceso: 8 nov. 2022. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.983881
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