Communication technologies, including cell phones, social media, and location tracking services, can be used to perpetrate abuse against current or former intimate partners. A growing literature examines these behaviors in adolescent and college samples, yet very little research has investigated cyber abuse prevalence and risk factors in broader samples of adults. The present study examines whether in-person forms of intimate partner aggression (IPA) and important IPA risk factors are associated with cyber psychological abuse (CPA) in a sample of adults (N = 243; Mean age = 33.49, SD = 11.31) who reported being in a romantic relationship within the last 12 months and were recruited through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Participants completed assessments of CPA, physical assault, emotional abuse, maltreatment history, attachment insecurity, jealousy, emotion dysregulation, substance abuse, and relationship functioning. The Cyber Psychological Abuse scales significantly and positively correlated with physical assault and emotional abuse. Multivariate risk factor analyses accounted for 40% and 30% of the variance in CPA perpetration and victimization, respectively. Behavioral jealousy, relationship discord, and extent of daily cell phone use had significant unique associations with both CPA perpetration and victimization. The results indicate that CPA is highly prevalent among adults, strongly associated with other forms of IPA, and correlated with both IPA risk factors and extent of technology use. Findings support the further development of efforts to prevent CPA, to educate potential CPA victims, and to assess and address CPA among adults who engage in or experience in-person forms of partner abuse.

通信技术，包括手机、社交媒体和位置跟踪服务，可用于对现任或前任亲密伴侣实施虐待。越来越多的文献研究了青少年和大学样本中的这些行为，但很少有研究调查更广泛的成年人样本中的网络滥用流行率和风险因素。本研究在成人样本（N  = 243；平均年龄 = 33.49，SD = 11.31) 谁报告在过去 12 个月内处于恋爱关系中，并且是通过亚马逊的机械土耳其人招募的。参与者完成了对 CPA、身体攻击、情感虐待、虐待史、依恋不安全感、嫉妒、情绪失调、药物滥用和关系功能的评估。网络心理虐待与身体攻击和情感虐待呈显着正相关。多变量风险因素分析分别占注册会计师犯罪和受害方差的 40% 和 30%。行为嫉妒、关系不和以及日常使用手机的程度与 CPA 的实施和受害具有显着的独特关联。结果表明 CPA 在成年人中非常普遍，与其他形式的 IPA 密切相关，并与 IPA 风险因素和技术使用范围相关。调查结果支持进一步努力预防 CPA，教育潜在的 CPA 受害者，以及评估和解决参与或经历面对面形式的伴侣虐待的成年人的 CPA。