ABSTRACT

Despite media attention on non-consensual intimate image dissemination (NCII), the literature on the personality traits, attitudes, and beliefs that predict NCII approval, enjoyment, and perpetration is limited. With a sample of 810 undergraduate students, we examined the relationship between dark personality traits, acceptance of image-based sexual abuse-related myths, and NCII. We found that 48.2% of our participants did not oppose NCII perpetration, 71.4% did not oppose NCII enjoyment, and 97.8% did not oppose NCII approval. Moreover, we found that being a man, heterosexual, and scoring higher in dark personality traits predicted acceptance of Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA)-related myths. In turn, accepting such myths predicted not opposing NCII proclivity. Our results underscore the importance of demystifying technology-facilitated sexual violence and promoting educational material that highlights lived experience and dispelling IBSA-related myths.

PRACTICAL IMPACT STATEMENT

This article may assist educators, policymakers, and stakeholders in designing strategies for the prevention of non-consensual intimate image dissemination (NCII) perpetration by explaining how acceptance of image-based sexual abuse myths, personality traits, and demographic characteristics are related to the willingness to accept, enjoy, or engage in NCII perpetration.

中文翻译：

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从神话到现实：性形象滥用神话接受、黑暗四分体和非自愿的亲密形象传播倾向

摘要

尽管媒体关注非双方同意的亲密形象传播 (NCII)，但关于预测 NCII 批准、享受和犯罪的人格特征、态度和信念的文献是有限的。我们以 810 名本科生为样本，研究了阴暗人格特质、对基于图像的性虐待相关神话的接受程度与 NCII 之间的关系。我们发现 48.2% 的参与者不反对 NCII 实施，71.4% 不反对享受 NCII，97.8% 不反对 NCII 批准。此外，我们发现，男性、异性恋者和黑暗人格特质得分较高预示着接受基于形象的性虐待 (IBSA) 相关神话。反过来，接受这样的神话预示着不会反对 NCII 倾向。

实际影响陈述

本文通过解释接受基于图像的性虐待神话、人格特征和人口特征与意愿的关系如何，可以帮助教育工作者、政策制定者和利益相关者设计预防非自愿亲密图像传播 (NCII) 行为的策略接受、享受或参与 NCII 犯罪。