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In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript. Cyber Dating Abuse CDA corresponds to a traumatic experience involving controlling and harassing behavior by a partner through modern technologies. This study aimed to assess the frequency of CDA, explore its connection to offline violence specifically Intimate Partner ViolenceβIPV , and investigate attachment's mediating role in the relationship between various violence forms cyber and offline and trauma symptoms.
Two groups were recruited for the study: one comprising individuals who reported encountering offline IPV within the previous year and another group of individuals who did not have such experiences. This supports literature indicating a relationship between online and offline violence. The findings seemed to validate the importance of acknowledging attachment as a mediator for PTSD, both in clinical practice and research.
Intimate Partner Violence IPV denotes any type of violence taking place within a romantic relationship, encompassing physical, psychological, sexual, and economic forms of abuse 1 , 2 , 3 , 4. In the past few years, a new type of traumatic form of violence in romantic relationships has surfaced β Cyber Dating Abuse CDA. CDA is characterized as a means of exerting control and harassment by a dating partner using modern technologies and media. It encompasses various abusive behaviors in digital interactions, including daily monitoring of the partner or ex-partner through social networks; sending or posting offensive comments; transmitting messages containing threats; posting photos and videos with the intent of humiliating or causing harm to the dating partner; unauthorized use of the dating partner's passwords for the purpose of spying 5 , 6.
In addition, Zweig, et al. It is important to emphasize that the definition of CDA varies depending on the theoretical framework and measurement instrument employed. The systematic review conducted by Caridade, et al. While CDA is frequently linked to offline dating violence, the exact nature of this relationship is currently under investigation. Researchers are exploring the possibility of these phenomena acting as mutual risk factors for each other 6 , 7 , 8 or conceptualizing CDA as a form of psychological abuse linked to face-to-face intimate violence 9.
