BACKGROUND The risk of child grooming has spread exponentially with the massive access of adolescents to social networks and the internet. The aim of the study was to examine the personal factors (body self-esteem and disinhibition) and erotic-sexual factors (sexual initiation strategies and erotic-pornographic sexting) that predict grooming. METHOD The sample was comprised of 1,200 adolescents aged between 12 and 16 years (M = 14.54, SD = 1.17; 50.83% girls). A cross-sectional design with self-report data was used and structural equation modeling (SEM) with mediation analysis was performed. RESULTS The results indicated two paths explaining child grooming: 1) physical attractiveness and disinhibition are indirectly associated with grooming through erotic sexting and direct sexual initiation strategies; both of which partially mediate this relationship; 2) disinhibited behavior has an indirect impact on grooming; pornographic sexting and coercive strategies acting as mediators. The semi-partial mediation model explains 54% of the variance of grooming. CONCLUSIONS These findings highlight the urgent need to implement prevention programs considering these attitudes and behaviors that function as precursors of victimization and the risk of falling into pedophile networks.

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成为青少年在线修饰受害者的风险因素。

背景技术随着青少年对社交网络和互联网的大量访问，对儿童进行修饰的风险已经成倍扩大。这项研究的目的是检查预测修饰的个人因素（身体的自尊和抑制力）和色情性因素（性启动策略和色情色情性交）。方法样本由1200名12至16岁的青少年组成（M = 14.54，SD = 1.17； 50.83％的女孩）。使用具有自我报告数据的横截面设计，并进行带有中介分析的结构方程模型（SEM）。结果结果表明，两种解释儿童修饰的途径是：1）身体的吸引力和抑制力通过色情定性和直接的性启动策略与修饰间接相关；两者均部分调解了这种关系；2）不拘一格的行为对美容有间接影响；色情色情和强制性策略充当调解人。半部分调解模型解释了54％的修饰差异。结论这些发现凸显了迫切需要执行预防计划，要考虑到这些态度和行为是受害的前兆以及陷入恋童癖网络的风险。