Image Based Sexual Abuse proclivity and victim blaming

Image Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) denotes the creation, distribution, and/or threat of distribution of intimate images of another person online without their consent. The present study aims to extend emerging research on perpetration of IBSA with the development and preliminary validation for the mora...

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Main Authors: Afroditi Pina, Alisha Bell, Kimberley Griffin, Eduardo Vasquez
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Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2021-10-01
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Online Access:https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1183
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description Image Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) denotes the creation, distribution, and/or threat of distribution of intimate images of another person online without their consent. The present study aims to extend emerging research on perpetration of IBSA with the development and preliminary validation for the moral disengagement in IBSA scale, while also examining the role of the dark triad, sadism, and sexism in a person’s likelihood to perpetrate IBSA. One hundred and twenty English speaking participants (76 women, 44 men; mean age=33 years) were recruited via social media. Machiavellianism and psychopathy were found to predict IBSA proclivity, whilst rivalry narcissism predicted greater feelings of excitement and amusement towards IBSA. Moral disengagement predicted IBSA proclivity and blaming the victim. It was also positively related to greater feelings of amusement and excitement towards IBSA. This suggests a distinct personality profile of IBSA perpetrators, and that moral disengagement mechanisms play a role in facilitating and reinforcing this behaviour.
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spelling doaj-art-2e627b0077de4f4e93bf182a117eff8e2024-11-25T15:00:46ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712021-10-011151179119710.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-12131084Image Based Sexual Abuse proclivity and victim blamingAfroditi Pina0Alisha Bell1Kimberley Griffin2Eduardo Vasquez3University of KentCentre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP), School of Psychology, University of Kent. University of KentCentre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP), School of Psychology, University of Kent. Image Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) denotes the creation, distribution, and/or threat of distribution of intimate images of another person online without their consent. The present study aims to extend emerging research on perpetration of IBSA with the development and preliminary validation for the moral disengagement in IBSA scale, while also examining the role of the dark triad, sadism, and sexism in a person’s likelihood to perpetrate IBSA. One hundred and twenty English speaking participants (76 women, 44 men; mean age=33 years) were recruited via social media. Machiavellianism and psychopathy were found to predict IBSA proclivity, whilst rivalry narcissism predicted greater feelings of excitement and amusement towards IBSA. Moral disengagement predicted IBSA proclivity and blaming the victim. It was also positively related to greater feelings of amusement and excitement towards IBSA. This suggests a distinct personality profile of IBSA perpetrators, and that moral disengagement mechanisms play a role in facilitating and reinforcing this behaviour.https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1183image based sexual abuseibsaperpetratorsmoral disengagementdark tetrad
spellingShingle Afroditi Pina
Alisha Bell
Kimberley Griffin
Eduardo Vasquez
Image Based Sexual Abuse proclivity and victim blaming
Oñati Socio-Legal Series
image based sexual abuse
ibsa
perpetrators
moral disengagement
dark tetrad
title Image Based Sexual Abuse proclivity and victim blaming
title_full Image Based Sexual Abuse proclivity and victim blaming
title_fullStr Image Based Sexual Abuse proclivity and victim blaming
title_full_unstemmed Image Based Sexual Abuse proclivity and victim blaming
title_short Image Based Sexual Abuse proclivity and victim blaming
title_sort image based sexual abuse proclivity and victim blaming
topic image based sexual abuse
ibsa
perpetrators
moral disengagement
dark tetrad
url https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1183
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