Bergen, Emilia and Ahto, Anna and Schulz, Anja and Imhoff, Roland and Antfolk, Jan and Schuhmann, Petya and Alanko, Katarina and Santtila, Pekka and Jern, Patrick (2015) Adult-Adult and Adult-Child/Adolescent Online Sexual Interactions: An Exploratory Self-Report Study on the Role of Situational Factors. JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH, 52 (9). pp. 1006-1016. ISSN 0022-4499, 1559-8519
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Alcohol intoxication, sexual arousal, and negative emotional states have been found to precede certain sexual behaviors. Using data from an online self-report survey distributed to adults (N=717; 423 men and 304 women), we compared adults with adult online sexual interactions (n = 640; 89.3%) to adults with interactions with a child or an adolescent (n = 77; 10.7%) on how much they reported being affected by the following factors surrounding the time of the interactions: alcohol intoxication, sexual arousal, sadness, boredom, stress, and shame. We found that those with a child or adolescent contact reported higher sexual arousal and more shame before the interaction, compared with those with an adult contact. In addition, the levels of negative emotional states varied when levels before the interactions were compared with levels after the interactions, suggesting that engaging in online sexual interactions alleviated negative emotional states, at least temporarily. The alleviatory effects, however, were accompanied by higher levels of shame after the interactions. Overall, adults that engage in online sexual interactions have remarkably similar perceptions of the situation surrounding these activities, independent of the age of their online contacts. Limitations of the study are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION; CHILD PORNOGRAPHY; DECISION-MAKING; INTERNET; OFFENDERS; AROUSAL; INTENTIONS; MYOPIA; ABUSE; MODEL; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Abteilung für Forensische Psychiatrie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2019 12:08 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2019 12:08 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/4567 |
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