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Typology of Victimization against Women on Adolescent Girls in Three Contexts: Dating Offline, Dating Online, and Sexual Harassment Online

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  • María José Díaz-Aguado

    (Unidad de Psicología Preventiva, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain)

  • Rosario Martínez-Arias

    (Unidad de Psicología Preventiva, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain)

  • Laia Falcón

    (Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicación Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Defining the typologies of adolescent girls in relation to different types of victimization against women could be very useful for prevention. Almost all the typologies previously elaborated on this topic define the typologies from situations of dating victimization. This study used cluster analysis to establish for the first time a typology of adolescent girl victimization against women that included dating violence offline, dating violence online, and sexual harassment online outside a relationship by means of a comparative analysis of behavior between those who had suffered this violence and the population at large. The participants were 3.532 Spanish teenage girls aged 14–18 with experience of relationships with boys. Three discrete, identifiable types were obtained: the first group (63.8%), non-victim girls; the second group (29.4%), victims of sexual harassment online outside a relationship but with a low incidence of dating victimization; the third group (6.8%), victims in the three contexts. The logistic regression analysis showed that risky sexual behavior online was the main risk condition for inclusion in the second and third groups (compared to the non-victim group), followed by low self-esteem (for the second group) and age (for both groups). Other variables that also contributed to predicting membership victim groups were health complaints, feminine gender role stress, justification of male dominance and violence, visiting risky websites, and problematic internet use. These results show the importance of including the prevention of such problems in order to eradicate violence against women in adolescence who have grown up with digital technologies.

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  • María José Díaz-Aguado & Rosario Martínez-Arias & Laia Falcón, 2022. "Typology of Victimization against Women on Adolescent Girls in Three Contexts: Dating Offline, Dating Online, and Sexual Harassment Online," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(18), pages 1-17, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:18:p:11774-:d:918133
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