Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31192/np.20.2.5
Identifying Risk Factors for Adolescent-Adult Sexual Interactions via the Internet from The Perspective of Routine Activity Theory
Gordana Buljan Flander
; Poliklinika za zaštitu djece i mladih Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, Croatia
Mia Roje Đapić
orcid.org/0000-0002-6277-4197
; Poliklinika za zaštitu djece i mladih Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Raguž
; Poliklinika za zaštitu djece i mladih Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, Croatia
Tea Brezinšćak
; Poliklinika za zaštitu djece i mladih Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, Croatia
Romana Galić
; Gradski ured za socijalnu zaštitu i osobe s invaliditetom, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of individual demographic characteristics of adolescents, intensity and extent of social media use, risky online behaviors and propensity to interfere with engaging behaviors, to online sexual interactions with an adult perceived as significantly older. The research was conducted as part of a broader research project with 1752 participants using a combined paper-pencil method and tablets, the sample is representative of the age group of first and third grades of high school in Croatia. Involvement in online sexual interaction with a non-peer is reported by 5.4 % of adolescents, of whom 87 % perceive this as voluntary. The results indicate a significant contribution of most individual risk factors in explaining the variance of the described risky online sexual interactions, with a significant cumulative effect. Findings of the study contribute to a more complete understanding of risky online sexual behaviors and online sexual victimization of adolescents in the context of the theory of routine activities and provide valuable implications for the development of prevention strategies.
Keywords
grooming risk factors; online grooming; sexting with an adult; theory of routine activities
Hrčak ID:
280522
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Publication date:
15.7.2022.
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