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Ana Isabel Sani
Juliana Valquaresma

El cyberstalking es una forma de persecución que consiste en el uso del internet u otro instrumento computarizado con la intención de asediar o perseguir a alguien, a través de acciones metódicas, persistentes e indeseables generadoras de incomodidad en la vida de las víctimas. Este estudio pretendió evaluar la prevalencia del cyberstalking y analizar las estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas por las víctimas. Los datos fueron recogidos de 259 estudiantes de secundaria, a través de una encuesta en línea compuesta por un cuestionario sociodemográfico, la Escala de Evaluación del Cyberstalking y la Escala de Afrontamiento en el Acoso. Los análisis estadísticos revelaron una tasa de prevalencia real (experiencia de por lo menos un comportamiento de cyberstalking) de 68.0 % y una tasa de victimización autorrelatada (autoidentificación como víctima) de 25.5 %. Los comportamientos de cyberstalking más frecuentes fueron los de hiperintimidad, y las estrategias de afrontamiento más usadas por las víctimas involucraban evitar el contacto o negar/minimizar los comportamientos del stalker. Los resultados apuntan hacia una desvalorización de las víctimas de los comportamientos de persecución en línea. Concluimos que hay una necesidad de realizar acciones informativas sobre el tema, direccionadas a toda la comunidad para concientizar sobre ese problema social, informar sobre las especificidades del fenómeno y diseminar estrategias de prevención.

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Juliana Valquaresma, Universidade Fernando Pessoa

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