This article examines how people understand technology-mediated abuse (TMA) between adult romantic partners. Because knowledge and attitudes regarding sensitive issues are created and shaped via technology, users’ interpretations are crucial to understanding life-threatening relational situations such as TMA. In this study, 551 individuals were recruited via community-based chain-referral sampling and asked to describe TMA (e.g., online stalking, hacking, verbal attack, etc.). To varying degrees, age, sex, and technological proficiency each and also, interactively predicted TMA perceptions. Findings showed that older (vs. younger) and male (vs. female) individuals understood different technology-mediated behaviors as harmful when used by adult romantic partners.

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了解黑暗：年龄、性别和技术熟练程度，以及对技术介导的虐待的看法

本文探讨了人们如何理解成年伴侣之间的技术介导虐待 (TMA)。由于有关敏感问题的知识和态度是通过技术创造和塑造的，因此用户的解释对于理解威胁生命的关系情况（例如 TMA）至关重要。在这项研究中，通过基于社区的链式推荐抽样招募了 551 人，并要求他们描述 TMA（例如，在线跟踪、黑客攻击、口头攻击等）。在不同程度上，年龄、性别和技术熟练程度都交互地预测了 TMA 感知。调查结果表明，年长（与年轻）和男性（与女性）个体理解不同的技术介导的行为在成年浪漫伴侣使用时是有害的。