TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tomaszewska, Paulina
A1  - Krahe, Barbara
T1  - Predictors of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration among Polish University Students
BT  - a Longitudinal Study
JF  - Archives of sexual behavior : the official publication of the International Academy of Sex Research
N2  - This two-wave study investigated predictors of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration in a convenience sample of 318 Polish university students (214 women), considering males and females from the perspective of both victims and perpetrators. At T1, we assessed participants’ risky sexual scripts (defined as cognitive representations of consensual sexual interactions containing elements related to sexual aggression), risky sexual behavior, pornography use, religiosity, sexual self-esteem, and attitudes toward sexual coercion. These variables were used to predict sexual aggression perpetration and victimization reports obtained 12 months later (T2) for two time windows: (a) since the age of 15 until a year ago and (b) in the past year. As expected, risky sexual scripts were linked to risky sexual behavior and indirectly increased the likelihood of victimization in both time windows. Lower sexual self-esteem predicted sexual victimization since age 15, but not in the past 12 months. Pornography use and religiosity indirectly predicted victimization via risky scripts and behavior. Attitudes toward sexual coercion were a prospective predictor of sexual aggression perpetration. The results extend the international literature on sexual aggression and have implications for sexual education and sexual aggression prevention programs.
KW  - Youth sexual aggression
KW  - Sexual scripts
KW  - Pornography
KW  - Religiosity
KW  - Poland
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0823-2
SN  - 0004-0002
SN  - 1573-2800
VL  - 47
IS  - 2
SP  - 493
EP  - 505
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  -