@article{ref1,
title="Stress, suicidality, post-traumatic stress disorder, emotional distress, and social isolation among U.S. adults experiencing online abuse or harassment",
journal="Violence and gender",
year="2023",
author="Rothman, Emily F. and Sheridan-Johnson, Jackie and Maitra, Poulami and Shulruff, Toby and Sniffen, Chad K. and Mumford, Elizabeth A.",
volume="10",
number="3",
pages="144-152",
abstract="Technology-facilitated abuse (TFA) is the misuse of technology to harm, harass, threaten, coerce, exploit, or violate a person. The purpose of this study was to quantify the prevalence, and identify correlates, of five conditions (i.e., feeling sick from stress, feeling suicidal, experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, emotional distress, and social isolation) among U.S. adults ages 18-35 years old who have been victims of TFA. A cross-sectional survey was completed by 2752 U.S. adults between November 2020 and May 2021. Multivariable logistic regression estimated the likelihood of a health-related condition of interest. We found that 70% of U.S. young adults have experienced TFA, and that women, gender minority, and LGBQPA+ individuals were at elevated risk for this form of abuse victimization. Victims experienced an average of 6.5 incidents of TFA. Risk markers for experiencing health conditions were identifying as a cis-gender female or non-binary person, LGBQPA+ sexual orientation, having a high school education or less, being single, and identifying as Asian or Asian American. <br><br>FINDINGS highlight the need for TFA prevention strategies. Designers of the technologies that are used for TFA should improve designs to prevent abuse.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2326-7836",
doi="10.1089/vio.2022.0053",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vio.2022.0053"
}