BRANCA, Cláudia Miura Casa; GRANGEIA, Helena    CRUZ, Olga. Grooming online em Portugal: Um estudo exploratório. []. , 34, 3, pp.249-263. ISSN 0870-8231.  https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.978.

The online grooming - grooming of children and teenagers over the internet - has been the subject of concern among international studies. However, the portuguese context is characterized by the relative lack of knowledge about the phenomenon. This study aims to learn the experiences, perceptions and insecurities of young people about online grooming, as well as to reveal numbers of victimization. We intend also to analyze gender and age differences, both in terms of victimization both in terms of perception of the severity of online grooming and feeling of insecurity regarding the phenomenon. We opted for an exploratory quantitative study and data was collected through a questionnaire prepared for that purpose. The sample consisted of 151 participants, 76 (50.3%) were male and 75 (49.7%) were female. The results of this study, especially a percentage of 20.5% of victimization by online grooming, reveal a disturbing reality in Portugal, so this phenomenon should be given more attention and discussion in our country, including through legislative changes so you can act on it.

: Online grooming; Victimization; (In)security feelings.

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