TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krahé, Barbara
A1  - Berger, Anja
T1  - Correlates of victim-perpetrator overlap in sexual aggression among men and women
BT  - a conceptual replication and extension
JF  - Psychology of violence
N2  - Objective: The study replicated and extended a study by Peterson, Beagley, McCallum, and Artime (2019), who studied differences in sexual attitudes and behaviors in men who were both victims and perpetrators of sexual assault, only victims, only perpetrators, or neither. They found a heightened rate of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and some evidence of greater traumatic sexualization in men who were both victims and perpetrators. 
Method: Our sample consisted of 2,149 college students (39.6% male) in Germany. We measured sexual aggression perpetration and victimization, CSA, sexual self-esteem, depressive symptoms, risky sexual scripts, and risky sexual behavior. 
Results: Perpetration rates were significantly higher among victims than among nonvictims, and the victim-perpetrator group scored highest on CSA. A significant effect of group membership was found on measures of depressive symptoms, risky sexual scripts, and risky sexual behavior in both sex groups, mainly due to differences of the victim-only, perpetrator-only, and victim-perpetrator groups from the nonvictim-nonperpetrator group. The effect on sexual self-esteem was found for women only. Few differences emerged between the victim-only, perpetrator-only, and victim-perpetrator groups. Most associations remained significant when controlling for CSA.
Conclusion: We found a substantial overlap between victimization and perpetration but no evidence for a special vulnerability of the victim-perpetrator group. Instead, experiences of victimization, perpetration, or both were linked to more negative correlates compared with individuals who were neither victims nor perpetrators. The findings need to be interpreted with caution due to the small number of individuals in the perpetrator-only and victim-perpetrator groups.
KW  - victim-perpetrator overlap
KW  - childhood sexual abuse
KW  - sexual aggression
KW  - sexual scripts
KW  - depressive symptoms
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000282
SN  - 2152-0828
SN  - 2152-081X
VL  - 10
IS  - 5
SP  - 564
EP  - 574
PB  - American Psychological Association
CY  - Washington
ER  -