TY - THES A1 - Schuster, Isabell T1 - Prevalence and Predictors of Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration in Chile and Turkey T1 - Prävalenz und Prädiktoren sexueller Viktimisierung und Ausübung sexueller Aggression in Chile und der Türkei BT - A Cross-Cultural Analysis BT - Eine kulturübergreifende Analyse N2 - Background: Although sexual aggression is recognized as a serious issue worldwide, the current knowledge base is primarily built on evidence from Western countries, particularly the U.S. For the present doctoral research, Chile and Turkey were selected based on theoretical considerations to examine the prevalence as well as predictors of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration. The first aim of this research project was to systematically review the available evidence provided by past studies on this topic within each country. The second aim was to empirically study the prevalence of experiencing and engaging in sexual aggression since the age of consent among college students in Chile and Turkey. The third aim was to conduct cross-cultural analyses examining pathways to victimization and perpetration based on a two-wave longitudinal design. Methods: This research adopted a gender-inclusive approach by considering men and women in both victim and perpetrator roles. For the systematic reviews, multiple-stage literature searches were performed, and based on a predefined set of eligibility criteria, 28 studies in Chile and 56 studies in Turkey were identified for inclusion. A two-wave longitudinal study was conducted to examine the prevalence and predictors of sexual aggression among male and female college students in Chile and Turkey. Self-reports of victimization and perpetration were assessed with a Chilean Spanish or Turkish version of the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale. Two path models were conceptualized in which participants’ risky sexual scripts for consensual sex, risky sexual behavior, sexual self-esteem, sexual assertiveness, and religiosity were assessed at T1 and used as predictors of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration at T2 in the following 12 months, mediated through past victimization or perpetration, respectively. The models differed in that sexual assertiveness was expected to serve different functions for victimization (refusal assertiveness negatively linked to victimization) and perpetration (initiation assertiveness positively linked to perpetration). Results: Both systematic reviews revealed that victimization was addressed by all included studies, but data on perpetration was severely limited. A great heterogeneity not only in victimization rates but also in predictors was found, which may be attributed to a lack of conceptual and methodological consistency across studies. The empirical analysis of the prevalence of sexual aggression in Chile revealed a victimization rate of 51.9% for women and 48.0% for men, and a perpetration rate of 26.8% for men and 16.5% for women. In the Turkish original data, victimization was reported by 77.6% of women and 65.5% of men, whereas, again, lower rates were found for perpetration, with 28.9% of men and 14.2% of women reporting at least one incident. The cross-cultural analyses showed, as expected, that risky sexual scripts informed risky sexual behavior, and thereby indirectly increased the likelihood of victimization and perpetration at T2 in both samples. More risky sexual scripts were also linked to lower levels of refusal assertiveness in both samples, indirectly increasing the vulnerability to victimization at T2. High sexual self-esteem decreased the probability of victimization at T2 through higher refusal assertiveness as well as through less risky sexual behavior also in both samples, whereas it increased the odds of perpetration at T2 via higher initiation assertiveness in the Turkish sample only. Furthermore, high religiosity decreased the odds of perpetration and victimization at T2 through less risky sexual scripts and less risky sexual behavior in both samples. It reduced the vulnerability to victimization through less risky sexual scripts and higher refusal assertiveness in the Chilean sample only. In the Turkish sample only, it increased the odds of perpetration and victimization through lower sexual self-esteem. Conclusions: The findings showed that sexual aggression is a widespread problem in both Chile and Turkey, contributing cross-cultural evidence to the international knowledge base and indicating the clear need for implementing policy measures and prevention strategies in each country. Based on the results of the prospective analyses, concrete implications for intervention efforts are discussed. N2 - Hintergrund: Obwohl sexuelle Aggression als ein ernstzunehmendes Problem weltweit angesehen wird, stützt sich die gegenwärtige Datenlage in erster Linie auf Evidenz westlicher Staaten. Für die vorliegende Arbeit wurden die Länder Chile und Türkei anhand theoretischer Überlegungen ausgewählt, um sowohl die Prävalenz als auch Prädiktoren sexueller Aggression zu untersuchen. Das erste Ziel bestand darin, die Ergebnisse früherer Studien zu sexueller Aggression in jedem Land systematisch zu betrachten. Das zweite Ziel war, die Prävalenz von Viktimisierung und Ausübung sexueller Aggression seit dem Schutzalter unter Studierenden in Chile und der Türkei empirisch zu untersuchen. Das dritte Ziel war schließlich die Durchführung von interkulturellen Analysen, um Pfade zu Viktimisierung und Ausübung anhand eines längsschnittlichen Designs zu überprüfen. Methode: Es wurde ein geschlechterinklusiver Ansatz verfolgt, wobei Männer und Frauen sowohl als potentielle Opfer als auch Täter*innen betrachtet wurden. Für die systematischen Reviews wurden mehrstufige Literaturrecherchen durchgeführt. Basierend auf einem vordefinierten Satz an Auswahlkriterien wurden insgesamt 28 Studien für Chile und 56 Studien für die Türkei identifiziert. Weiterhin wurde eine Längsschnittstudie mit zwei Messzeitpunkten durchgeführt, um sowohl die Prävalenz als auch Prädiktoren sexueller Aggression unter Studierenden in Chile und der Türkei zu untersuchen. Selbstberichte über Viktimisierung und Ausübung sexueller Aggression wurden mittels einer spanischen bzw. türkischen Version der Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale erhoben. Zwei Pfadmodelle wurden konzipiert, in denen riskante Skripts für konsensuelle Sexualkontakte, riskantes Sexualverhalten, sexuelles Selbstwertgefühl, sexuelle Assertivität und Religiosität zu T1 erfasst wurden und als Prädiktoren für Viktimisierung und Ausübung sexueller Aggression in den folgenden 12 Monaten (T2) verwendet wurden, jeweils mediiert durch vergangene Viktimisierung bzw. Ausübung sexueller Aggression. Die Modelle unterschieden sich darin, dass für sexuelle Assertivität unterschiedliche Funktionen für Viktimisierung (Ablehnungsassertivität negativ mit Viktimisierung assoziiert) und Ausübung sexueller Aggression (Initiierungsassertivität positiv mit Ausübung assoziiert) angenommen wurden. Ergebnisse: Die beiden Reviews zeigten, dass Viktimisierung von allen berücksichtigten Studien untersucht wurde, wohingegen kaum Daten zur Ausübung von sexueller Aggression vorlagen. Eine große Heterogenität wurde bei den Viktimisierungsraten, aber auch bei den Prädiktoren festgestellt, was vor allem auf mangelnde konzeptionelle und methodische Konsistenz zwischen den Studien zurückgeführt werden kann. In Bezug auf die Originaldaten zur Prävalenz in Chile zeigte sich, dass 51.9% der Frauen und 48.0% der Männer Viktimisierung angaben. Die Prävalenzraten zur Ausübung lagen bei 26.8% unter Männern und 16.5% unter Frauen. In den türkischen Originaldaten wurde Viktimisierung von 77.6% der Frauen und 65.5% der Männer berichtet. Niedigere Raten wurden erneut für die Ausübung gefunden: 28.9% der Männer und 14.2% der Frauen in der Türkei gaben mindestens einen sexuell aggressiven Übergriff an. Die interkulturellen Analysen zeigten, dass riskante sexuelle Skripts mit einem riskanteren Sexualverhalten assoziiert waren und dadurch indirekt die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Viktimisierung und Ausübung zu T2 in beiden Stichproben erhöhten. Riskantere sexuelle Skripts waren weiterhin mit einer geringeren Ablehnungsassertivität in beiden Stichproben assoziiert, was die Vulnerabilität für Viktimisierung zu T2 indirekt erhöhte. Höheres sexuelles Selbstwertgefühl verringerte die Wahrscheinlichkeit sexueller Viktimisierung zu T2 durch eine höhere Ablehnungsassertivität sowie durch weniger riskantes Sexualverhalten in beiden Stichproben, wohingegen die Wahrscheinlichkeit für Ausübung zu T2 durch eine höhere Initiierungsassertivität größer wurde, allerdings nur in der türkischen Stichprobe. Darüber hinaus verminderte höhere Religiosität die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Viktimisierung und Ausübung zu T2 über weniger riskante sexuelle Skripts und weniger riskantes Sexualverhalten in beiden Stichproben. In der chilenischen Stichprobe wurde die Vulnerabilität für Viktimisierung durch weniger riskante sexuelle Skripts und höhere Ablehnungsassertivität verringert. Hingegen erhöhte sich in der türkischen Stichprobe die Wahrscheinlichkeit für Viktimisierung und Ausübung durch ein niedrigeres sexuelles Selbstwertgefühl. Konklusion: Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sexuelle Aggression sowohl in Chile als auch in der Türkei ein weit verbreitetes Problem darstellt. Sie bereichern die internationale Wissensbasis mit interkultureller Evidenz und weisen auf die Notwendigkeit hin, politische Maßnahmen und Präventionsstrategien zu implementieren. Basierend auf den Ergebnissen der prospektiven Analysen werden konkrete Implikationen für Interventionsstrategien diskutiert. KW - Sexual Aggression KW - Prevalence KW - Risk and Vulnerability Factors KW - Chile KW - Turkey KW - Sexuelle Aggression KW - Prävalenz KW - Risiko- und Vulnerabilitätsfaktoren KW - Chile KW - Türkei Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-413897 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schuster, Isabell A1 - Krahé, Barbara A1 - Ilabaca Baeza, Paola A1 - Munoz-Reyes, Jose Antonio T1 - Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration among Male and Female College Students in Chile N2 - Evidence on the prevalence of sexual aggression among college students is primarily based on studies from Western countries. In Chile, a South American country strongly influenced by the Catholic Church, little research on sexual aggression among college students is available. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to examine the prevalence of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration since the age of 14 (the legal age of consent) in a sample of male and female students aged between 18 and 29 years from five Chilean universities (N = 1135), to consider possible gender differences, and to study the extent to which alcohol was involved in the reported incidents of perpetration and victimization. Sexual aggression victimization and perpetration was measured with a Chilean Spanish version of the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S), which includes three coercive strategies (use or threat of physical force, exploitation of an incapacitated state, and verbal pressure), three victim-perpetrator constellations (current or former partners, friends/acquaintances, and strangers), and four sexual acts (sexual touch, attempted sexual intercourse, completed sexual intercourse, and other sexual acts, such as oral sex). Overall, 51.9% of women and 48.0% of men reported at least one incident of sexual victimization, and 26.8% of men and 16.5% of women reported at least one incident of sexual aggression perpetration since the age of 14. For victimization, only few gender differences were found, but significantly more men than women reported sexual aggression perpetration. A large proportion of perpetrators also reported victimization experiences. Regarding victim-perpetrator relationship, sexual aggression victimization and perpetration were more common between persons who knew each other than between strangers. Alcohol use by the perpetrator, victim, or both was involved in many incidents of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration, particularly among strangers. The present data are the first to provide a systematic and detailed picture of sexual aggression among college students in Chile, including victimization and perpetration reports by both men and women and confirming the critical role of alcohol established in past research from Western countries. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 315 KW - sexual aggression KW - victimization KW - perpetration KW - prevalence KW - coercive strategies KW - relationship constellations KW - alcohol KW - Chile Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-104684 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schuster, Isabell A1 - Krahé, Barbara A1 - Toplu-Demirtaş, Ezgi T1 - Prevalence of Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration in a Sample of Female and Male College Students in Turkey N2 - In Turkey, there is a shortage of studies on the prevalence of sexual aggression among young adults. The present study examined sexual aggression victimization and perpetration since the age of 15 in a convenience sample of N = 1,376 college students (886 women) from four public universities in Ankara, Turkey. Prevalence rates for different coercive strategies, victim-perpetrator constellations, and sexual acts were measured with a Turkish version of the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S). Overall, 77.6% of women and 65.5% of men reported at least one instance of sexual aggression victimization, and 28.9% of men and 14.2% of women reported at least one instance of sexual aggression perpetration. Prevalence rates of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration were highest for current or former partners, followed by acquaintances/friends and strangers. Alcohol was involved in a substantial proportion of the reported incidents. The findings are the first to provide systematic evidence on sexual aggression perpetration and victimization among college students in Turkey, including both women and men. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 301 Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-96357 SP - 1 EP - 14 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schuster, Isabell A1 - Tomaszewska, Paulina T1 - Pathways from child sexual and physical abuse to sexual and physical intimate partner violence victimization through attitudes toward intimate partner violence T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Although many studies have shown that victims of child abuse have an increased vulnerability to revictimization in intimate relationships, the underlying mechanisms are not yet sufficiently well understood. Therefore, this study aimed at examining this relationship for both sexual and physical forms of violence as well as investigating the potential mediating role of attitudes toward sexual and physical intimate partner violence (IPV). Also, the potential moderating role of gender was explored. Sexual and physical child abuse and IPV victimization in adulthood as well as attitudes toward the respective form of IPV were assessed among 716 participants (448 female) in an online survey. The path analyses showed that child sexual abuse was positively linked to sexual IPV victimization among both women and men, whereas child physical abuse was positively associated with physical IPV victimization among women only. Furthermore, the relationship between both forms of child abuse and IPV victimization was mediated through more supportive attitudes toward the respective forms of IPV, but only among men. This study provides novel insights regarding the links between sexual and physical child abuse and revictimization in adulthood, suggesting that supporting attitudes toward IPV may be seen as vulnerability factor for revictimization. The moderating role of gender is especially discussed. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 843 KW - child abuse KW - intimate partner violence KW - attitudes toward intimate partner violence KW - gender Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-543396 SN - 1866-8364 IS - 4 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schuster, Isabell A1 - Tomaszewska, Paulina A1 - Krahé, Barbara T1 - Changing cognitive risk factors for sexual aggression BT - Risky sexual scripts, low sexual self-esteem, perception of pornography, and acceptance of sexual coercion T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Sexual aggression is a problem among college students worldwide, and a growing body of research has identified variables associated with an increased risk of victimization and perpetration. Among these, sexuality-related cognitions, such as sexual scripts, sexual self-esteem, perceived realism of pornography, and acceptance of sexual coercion, play a major role. The current experimental study aimed to show that these cognitive risk factors of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration are amenable to change, which is a critical condition for evidence-based intervention efforts. College students in Germany (N = 324) were randomly assigned to one of three groups: a treatment group designed to change participants' sexual scripts for consensual sex with regard to the role of alcohol consumption, casual sex, and ambiguous communication of sexual intentions as risk factors for sexual aggression (EG1), a treatment group designed to promote sexual self-esteem, challenge the perceived realism of pornography, and reduce the acceptance of sexual coercion (EG2), and a non-treatment control group (CG). Baseline (T1), post-experimental (T2), and follow-up (T3) measures were taken across an eight-week period. Sexual scripts contained fewer risk factors for sexual aggression in EG1 than in EG2 and CG at T3. Sexual self-esteem was enhanced in EG2 at T2 relative to the other two groups. Acceptance of sexual coercion was lower in EG2 than in EG1 and CG at T2 and T3. No effect was found for perceived realism of pornography. The findings are discussed in terms of targeting cognitive risk factors as a basis for intervention programs. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 859 KW - sexual aggression KW - sexual scripts KW - sexual self-esteem KW - sexual coercion KW - college students Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-549072 SN - 1866-8364 IS - 3-4 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schuster, Isabell A1 - Tomaszewska, Paulina A1 - Marchewka, Juliette A1 - Krahé, Barbara T1 - Does question format matter in assessing the prevalence of sexual aggression? BT - A methodological study T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - As research on sexual aggression has been growing, methodological issues in assessing prevalence rates have received increased attention. Building on work by Abbey and colleagues about effects of question format, participants in this study (1,253; 621 female; 632 male) were randomly assigned to one of two versions of the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S). In Version 1, the coercive tactic (use/threat of physical force, exploitation of the inability to resist, verbal pressure) was presented first, and sexual acts (sexual touch, attempted and completed sexual intercourse, other sexual acts) were presented as subsequent questions. In Version 2, sexual acts were presented first, and coercive tactics as subsequent questions. No version effects emerged for overall perpetration rates reported by men and women. The overall victimization rate across all items was significantly higher in the tactic-first than in the sexual-act-first conditions for women, but not for men. Classifying participants by their most severe experience of sexual victimization showed that fewer women were in the nonvictim category and more men were in the nonconsensual sexual contact category when the coercive tactic was presented first. Sexual experience background did not moderate the findings. The implications for the measurement of self-reported sexual aggression victimization and perpetration are discussed. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 844 KW - self-report measures KW - experiences survey KW - risk-factors KW - victimization KW - rape KW - assault KW - women KW - perpetration KW - reliability KW - responses Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-546632 SN - 1866-8364 IS - 4 ER -