Moral Disengagement Mechanisms in Image-Based Sexual Abuse Against Women: The Role of Age and Gender.

Jone Martínez-Bacaicoa, Román Ronzón-Tirado, Sophie McBain-Ritchie, Manuel Gámez-Guadix

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Jone Martínez-BacaicoaBiological and Health Psychology Department, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5614-7998

Román Ronzón-TiradoDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, Spain.

Sophie McBain-RitchieBiological and Health Psychology Department, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0009-0005-3396-8477

Manuel Gámez-GuadixBiological and Health Psychology Department, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1575-1662

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Abstract

Image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) is an increasingly prevalent problem that disproportionately affects women. Understanding the psychological processes related to this behavior is essential for its prevention. Accordingly, the present study examines the activation of moral disengagement mechanisms in IBSA contexts by considering the role of gender and age across the lifespan. Specifically, by using a vignette-based methodology, this study investigates which moral disengagement mechanisms are activated in scenarios of sextortion and non-consensual intimate image sharing (NCIIS) involving male-perpetrated abuse against women. A sample of 2343 participants (68.2% women) aged 14-74 years (

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image-based sexual abusenon-consensual intimate image sharingsextortiontechnology-facilitated sexual violence

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PMID42510168

DOI10.3390/bs16071047

PMCPMC13405973

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