Sánchez Jiménez, Virginia , MUÑOZ FERNÁNDEZ, NOELIA, Vega Gea, Esther
No
Int. J. Clin. Health Psychol.
Article
Científica
3.9
1.345
01/01/2017
000403132100008
Background/Objective: The study of sexual cyberbehaviour in adolescence has received much attention in recent years, because of the risks associated with exposure to pornography, unwanted sexual solicitations, and gender-based sexual harassment. The prevalence of this phenomenon varies from study to study due to a lack of consensus around how to define and measure peer sexual cybervictimization. This study aims to contribute to this research topic by developing and validating a measure of peer sexual cybervictimization among adolescents. Method: 601 adolescents (mean age 14.06) from two Spanish cities participated in this study. Cross-validation was performed using EFA and CFA. In a second step, a multi-group analysis was conducted to compare the equivalence of the measure by gender. Results: The results confirmed a second-order model comprising two first-order factors: Ambiguous sexual Cybervictimization and Personal sexual Cybervictimization. The model was invariant by gender. Descriptive analyses showed significant differences in Ambiguous sexual aybervictimization, this being more frequent in boys than in girls. Prevalence rates varied from. 17 to 26%, with less involvement observed in the Personal dimension. Conclusions: This work proposes a valid and gender invariant measure to analyze peer sexual cybervictimization in adolescence. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. on behalf of Asociacion Espanola de Psicologia Conductual.
Peer sexual cybervictimization; Internet; Adolescence; Invariance; Ex post facto study