TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tomaszewska, Paulina
A1  - Krahé, Barbara
T1  - Sexual aggression victimization and perpetration among female and male university students in Poland
JF  - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
N2  - This study examined the prevalence of victimization and perpetration of sexual aggression since age 15 in a convenience sample of 565 Polish university students (356 females). The prevalence of sexual aggression was investigated for both males and females from the perspectives of both victims and perpetrators in relation to three coercive strategies, three different victim–perpetrator relationships, and four types of sexual acts. We also examined the extent to which alcohol was consumed in the context of sexually aggressive incidents. The overall self-reported victimization rate was 34.3% for females and 28.4% for males. The overall perpetration rate was 11.7% for males and 6.5% for females. The gender difference was significant only for perpetration. Prevalence rates of both victimization and perpetration were higher for people known to each other than for strangers. In the majority of victimization and perpetration incidents, alcohol was consumed by one or both parties involved. The findings are discussed in relation to the international evidence and the need for tailored risk prevention and reduction programs.
KW  - sexual aggression
KW  - victimization
KW  - perpetration
KW  - alcohol
KW  - Poland
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515609583
VL  - 33
IS  - 4
SP  - 571
EP  - 594
PB  - Sage
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
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
JF  - The journal of sex research
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.
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  - https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2020.1777927
SN  - 0022-4499
SN  - 1559-8519
VL  - 58
IS  - 4
SP  - 502
EP  - 511
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -