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Prevalence and correlates of young people's sexual aggression perpetration and victimisation in 10 European countries: a multi-level analysis

  • Data are presented on young people's sexual victimisation and perpetration from 10 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain) using a shared measurement tool (N = 3480 participants, aged between 18 and 27 years). Between 19.7 and 52.2% of female and between 10.1 and 55.8% of male respondents reported having experienced at least one incident of sexual victimisation since the age of consent. In two countries, victimisation rates were significantly higher for men than for women. Between 5.5 and 48.7% of male and 2.6 and 14.8% of female participants reported having engaged in a least one act of sexual aggression perpetration, with higher rates for men than for women in all countries. Victimisation rates correlated negatively with sexual assertiveness and positively with alcohol use in sexual encounters. Perpetration rates correlated positively with attitudes condoning physical dating violence and with alcohol use in men, and negatively with sexual assertivenessData are presented on young people's sexual victimisation and perpetration from 10 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain) using a shared measurement tool (N = 3480 participants, aged between 18 and 27 years). Between 19.7 and 52.2% of female and between 10.1 and 55.8% of male respondents reported having experienced at least one incident of sexual victimisation since the age of consent. In two countries, victimisation rates were significantly higher for men than for women. Between 5.5 and 48.7% of male and 2.6 and 14.8% of female participants reported having engaged in a least one act of sexual aggression perpetration, with higher rates for men than for women in all countries. Victimisation rates correlated negatively with sexual assertiveness and positively with alcohol use in sexual encounters. Perpetration rates correlated positively with attitudes condoning physical dating violence and with alcohol use in men, and negatively with sexual assertiveness in women. At the country level, lower gender equality in economic power and in the work domain was related to higher male perpetration rates. Lower gender equality in political power and higher sexual assertiveness in women relative to men were linked to higher male victimisation rates.show moreshow less

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Author details:Barbara KrahéORCiDGND, Anja Berger, Ine Vanwesenbeeck, Gabriel Bianchi, Joannes Chliaoutakis, Andres A. Fernandez-Fuertes, Antonio Fuertes, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Eleni Hadjigeorgiou, Birgitt Haller, Sabine Hellemans, Zbigniew Izdebski, Christiana Kouta, Dwayne Meijnckens, Liubove Murauskiene, Maria Papadakaki, Lucia Ramiro, Marta Reis, Katrien Symons, Paulina TomaszewskaORCiDGND, Isabel Vicario-Molina, Andrzej Zygadlo
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2014.989265
ISSN:1369-1058
ISSN:1464-5351
Pubmed ID:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25567318
Title of parent work (English):Culture, health & sexuality : a journal for research, intervention and care
Publisher:Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Place of publishing:Abingdon
Publication type:Article
Language:English
Year of first publication:2015
Publication year:2015
Release date:2017/03/27
Tag:European Union; multi-level correlates; sexual aggression; sexual victimisation; young people
Volume:17
Issue:6
Number of pages:18
First page:682
Last Page:699
Funding institution:European Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) [A/101082]; Slovak Academy of Sciences
Organizational units:Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie
Peer review:Referiert
Institution name at the time of the publication:Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie
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