TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krahé, Barbara
A1  - Schuster, Isabell
A1  - Tomaszewska, Paulina
T1  - Prevalence of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration in a German university student sample
T2  - Archives of sexual behavior : the official publication of the International Academy of Sex Research
N2  - This study examined the prevalence of sexual aggression perpetration and victimization in a sample of 1,172 students (755 female, 417 male) from four universities in Germany. All participants were asked about both victimization by, and perpetration of, sexual aggression since the age of 14 years, using the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S). Prevalence rates were established for different coercive strategies, sexual acts, and victim-perpetrator relationships. Both same-sex and opposite-sex victim-perpetrator constellations were examined. The overall victimization rate was 62.1% for women and 37.5% for men. The overall perpetration rate was 17.7% for men and 9.4% for women. Prevalence rates of both victimization and perpetration were higher for participants who had sexual contacts with both opposite-sex and same-sex partners than for participants with exclusively opposite-sex partners. Significant overlap was found between victim and perpetrator status for men and women as well as for participants with only opposite-sex and both opposite-sex and same-sex partners. A disparity between (higher) victimization and (lower) perpetration reports was found for both men and women, suggesting a general underreporting of perpetration rather than a gendered explanation in terms of social desirability or the perception of consent cues. The findings are placed in the international research literature on the prevalence of sexual aggression before and after the #metoo campaign, and their implications for prevention efforts are discussed.
KW  - Sexual aggression
KW  - Sexual victimization
KW  - Male victims
KW  - Female perpetrators
KW  - Same-sex relationships
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/57707
SN  - 0004-0002
SN  - 1573-2800
VL  - 50
IS  - 5
SP  - 2109
EP  - 2121
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  -