TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krahé, Barbara
A1  - Vanwesenbeeck, Ine
T1  - Mapping an agenda for the study of youth sexual aggression in Europe: assessment, principles of good practice, and the multilevel analysis of risk factors
JF  - Journal of sexual aggression
N2  - Sexual aggression is a serious threat to young people's sexual health in Europe, but establishing the exact scale of the problem has been hampered by a variety of conceptual and methodological problems. This article presents a framework for studying youth sexual aggression that addresses both prevalence and risk factors of victimisation and perpetration. It proposes a research tool to comprehensively assess the perpetration of, and victimisation by, sexual aggression that captures different coercive strategies, sexual acts, victim–perpetrator relations, and gender constellations. The instrument is rooted in a clear conceptual definition of sexual aggression and was pilot-tested in 10 countries of the European Union (EU). Furthermore, a list of good practice criteria is proposed to promote the quality and comparability of research on youth sexual aggression in Europe. A multilevel approach combining individual-level and country-level predictors of sexual aggression is outlined and illustrated with data from the pilot study in 10 countries.
KW  - Sexual aggression
KW  - sexual victimisation
KW  - youth
KW  - measurement
KW  - risk factors
KW  - Europe
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2015.1066885
SN  - 1355-2600
SN  - 1742-6545
VL  - 22
SP  - 161
EP  - 174
PB  - Karger
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -