Citation

Winters GM, Jeglic EL. Vict. Offender 2022; 17(6): 919-940.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15564886.2021.1974994

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Sexual grooming has been deemed an integral component of child sexual abuse (CSA). However, the nature and extent of sexual grooming remains understudied in large part because an empirically-validated scale for child sexual grooming has yet to be developed. We developed the Sexual Grooming Scale - Victim Version (SGS-V) to assess the stages and behaviors described in the content-validated Sexual Grooming Model from a victim's perspective. The SGS-V was pilot tested with 115 adult victims of CSA. Overall, results supported the feasibility in terms of implementation and its limited-efficacy. The implications for prevention, investigation, treatment, and research are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

child sexual abuse; Child sexual grooming; investigation; measurement; prevention