This study explored late adolescents’ and young adults’ willingness to engage in non-consensual forwarding of sexts (NCFS) and its relation to victim blaming beliefs toward female and male victims. The study further examined important determinants in the development of victim blaming beliefs (e.g., perceived victim blaming of peers). An online survey was conducted among 1343 Belgian respondents of which 78.4% were female (M_age = 21.62 years, SD = 3.57 years). Structural equation modeling showed that victim blaming beliefs (i.e., responsibility-based and characteristic-based) were related to willingness to engage in NCFS, which was related to NCFS, regardless of the victim’s sex. Further, victim blaming beliefs in the context of NCFS were shaped by parents’ and peers’ perceived victim blaming, and respondents’ high levels of narcissism and low levels of empathy. Surprisingly, pornography use was negatively correlated with characteristic-based victim blaming beliefs. Additionally, males and late adolescents appeared to hold more victim blaming beliefs toward female and male victims in comparison with females and young adults. Lastly, the willingness to engage in NCFS was more strongly related to responsibility-based victim blaming (not characteristic-based victim blaming) if the victim was male. The findings demonstrate how victim blaming encourages NCFS and emphasize that educational programs should avoid victim-focused strategies.

这项研究探讨了青少年和年轻人参与未经同意转发性短信（NCFS）的意愿及其与对女性和男性受害者的受害者指责信念的关系。该研究进一步探讨了受害者指责信念发展的重要决定因素（例如，感知到的同伴对受害者的指责）。对 1343 名比利时受访者进行了一项在线调查，其中 78.4% 为女性（男性，_年龄 = 21.62 年，SD = 3.57 年）。结构方程模型表明，受害者指责信念（即基于责任和基于特征）与参与 NCFS 的意愿相关，而无论受害者的性别如何，参与 NCFS 的意愿都与 NCFS 相关。此外，NCFS 背景下的受害者归咎信念是由父母和同龄人感知到的受害者归咎以及受访者的高度自恋和低水平同理心塑造的。令人惊讶的是，色情内容的使用与基于特征的受害者指责信念呈负相关。此外，与女性和年轻人相比，男性和已故青少年似乎对女性和男性受害者持有更多的受害者归咎信念。最后，如果受害者是男性，则参与 NCFS 的意愿与基于责任的受害者指责（而不是基于特征的受害者指责）密切相关。研究结果表明，指责受害者如何鼓励 NCFS，并强调教育计划应避免以受害者为中心的策略。