JAMA
 2001
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.23.3011
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Risk Factors for and Impact of Online Sexual Solicitation of Youth

Kimberly J. Mitchell
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Abstract: Many young people who use the Internet encounter unwanted sexual overtures. Health care professionals, educators, and parents should be prepared to educate youth about how to respond to online sexual solicitations, including encouraging youth to disclose and report such encounters and to talk about them.

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“…Results from this study showed that males were more likely to have unwanted exposure to online pornography, online sexual solicitation victimization and perpetration. Our results differed from those of prior studies that showed girls were more likely to encounter unwanted sexual materials (Sabina et al, 2008) and sexual solicitation (Baumgartner et al, 2010;Mitchell et al, 2001Mitchell et al, , 2007a. The results of this study showed that males had higher Internet risk behaviors and spent more time playing online games and in chat rooms, which probably provided more opportunities for involvement in online pornography exposure and sexual solicitation.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
“…Results from this study showed that males were more likely to have unwanted exposure to online pornography, online sexual solicitation victimization and perpetration. Our results differed from those of prior studies that showed girls were more likely to encounter unwanted sexual materials (Sabina et al, 2008) and sexual solicitation (Baumgartner et al, 2010;Mitchell et al, 2001Mitchell et al, , 2007a. The results of this study showed that males had higher Internet risk behaviors and spent more time playing online games and in chat rooms, which probably provided more opportunities for involvement in online pornography exposure and sexual solicitation.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
“…This may be a result of a lack of power due to small cell sizes. The increased percentages are consistent with past research on online sexual solicitation (Mitchell, Finkelhor, & Wolak, 2001, 2007b. Interestingly, youth ages 13 to 15 were more likely to receive prevention messages, given by police or at school.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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