@article{ref1,
title="The construction and psychometric properties of the questionnaire for online sexual solicitation and interaction of minors with adults",
journal="Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment",
year="2018",
author="Gámez-Guadix, Manuel and De Santisteban, Patricia and Alcazar, Miguel Ángel",
volume="30",
number="8",
pages="975-991",
abstract="The objective of this study was to develop a questionnaire to assess the online sexual solicitation and interactions of minors with adults in order to document the extent of this problem. The questionnaire was constructed in four phases: (a) a review of the previous literature; (b) interviews with convicted online child-sex offenders; (c) a review of the questionnaire items by experts; and (d) a pilot study of the questionnaire administered to adolescents. The validation sample consisted of 2,731 minors (12-15 years old, 50.6% girls). Exploratory factor analysis revealed a two-factor structure. The first factor, called &quot;sexual solicitation,&quot; included items referring to sexual requests from an adult to a minor. The second factor, termed &quot;sexualized interactions,&quot; included items indicating an adult groomed a minor with the purpose of committing a sexual offense. Of participants, 12.6% reported sexual solicitations, and 7.9% reported sexualized interactions. These findings open possible directions for research on the characteristics and consequences of online sexual solicitation and abusive interactions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1079-0632",
doi="10.1177/1079063217724766",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1079063217724766"
}