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7 - Cyber Partner Abuse

from Part I - Users in Cyber Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

By
Sarah Taylor  and
Yan Xia
Edited by
Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan
Affiliation:
University at Albany, State University of New York
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Summary

1 Introduction

2 Defining Cyber Partner Abuse

 2.1 Behaviors

 2.2 Terminology Used in the Research

3 Initial Conceptualization of Cyber Partner Abuse Research

4 Cyber Partner Abuse Today

 4.1 Relationship Context of Perpetration

 4.2 Measurement

 4.3 Prevalence Rates

 4.4 Experiences by Age

 4.5 Gender Dynamics

 4.6 Sexual Orientation

 4.7 Quantitative and Qualitative Research

 4.8 Relationship between Cyber Partner Abuse and Offline IPV

 4.9 Links to Other Risk Behaviors

5 Future Directions

 5.1 Clearly Conceptualize Behaviors and Measurements

 5.2 Diversify Study Participants

 5.3 Diversify Data Collection and Analysis Methods

 5.4 Further Explore Relationship between Cyber Partner Abuse and Other Human Behaviors

 5.5 Develop and Evaluate Cyber Partner Abuse Prevention and Intervention

6 Conclusion

Keywords

cyber partner abusecyber dating abusepartner violencetechnologyintimate partner violenceviolence through technologyperpetrationvictimizationcyberstalkingmanipulationcontrol
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cyber Behavior , pp. 193 - 212
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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