ABSTRACT

The last decade has seen significant strides in understanding the behaviors and tactics involved in the sexual grooming of children. Recently, in popular culture, the term sexual grooming has also been used to describe the behaviors involved in the sexual abuse of adults. The strategies and tactics that known individuals (e.g., acquaintances, current or past intimate partners) use to perpetrate sexual abuse against adults is not well understood. Some research has investigated constructs related to unwanted sexual experiences in adulthood which have elements that overlap with child sexual grooming, such as sexual harassment, sexual coercion, and coercive control. However, to date, no research has empirically explored sexual grooming in adults. This case study examines adult sexual grooming through the lens of the content-validated Sexual Grooming Model (SGM) of child sexual abuse, suggesting considerable overlap between the behaviors and tactics outlined in the SGM and adult sexual abuse perpetrated by a known individual. Areas for future research are discussed.

摘要

在过去的十年里，我们在理解涉及儿童性修饰的行为和策略方面取得了重大进展。最近，在流行文化中，性修饰一词也被用来描述涉及成年人性虐待的行为。熟人（例如，熟人、现任或过去的亲密伴侣）用来对成年人实施性虐待的策略和战术尚不清楚。一些研究调查了与成年期不想要的性经历相关的结构，这些结构具有与儿童性行为重叠的元素，例如性骚扰、性胁迫和强制控制。然而，迄今为止，还没有研究根据经验探索成人的性修饰。本案例研究通过经内容验证的儿童性骚扰模型 (SGM) 的视角审视成人性骚扰，表明 SGM 中概述的行为和策略与已知个人实施的成人性虐待之间有相当大的重叠。讨论了未来研究的领域。