Moderators of Mental Health Outcomes Following Childhood and Adolescent Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, Kimberly J. Mitchell, Lisa M. Jones, Heather A. Turner, David Finkelhor, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, School of Social Work, University of Haifa, Crimes Against Children Research Center , University of New Hampshire

Child Maltreatment

Published online on July 29, 2026

Abstract

Child Maltreatment, Ahead of Print.
Image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) during childhood and adolescence is linked to substantial mental health risk, yet harms are not experienced uniformly. This study tested moderators of the association between cumulative IBSA exposure (number of IBSA forms ...