A Preventive Intervention to Reduce Risk of Online Grooming Among Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Sexual abuse of adolescents by adults on the Internet is a severe risk with negative consequences for the victims. However, there is an important gap in the development of preventive interventions to address this problem. This study evaluated the efficacy of a brief (less than one hour) educational intervention on online grooming (less than one hour) in reducing adolescents' sexual interaction behaviors with adults when they are sexually solicited. A sample of 856 Spanish adolescents (48% girls, ages 11-17 years) was randomized into two intervention conditions (educational intervention about online grooming and a resilience control intervention). Adolescents completed measures of online sexual solicitation by adults and sexualized interactions with adults at pretest and at three- and six-m

SUBMITTER: Calvete E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10268540 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature