TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schuster, Isabell
A1  - Krahe, Barbara
T1  - Prevalence of Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration in Chile
BT  - A Systematic Review
JF  - Trauma violence & abuse
N2  - Sexual aggression is a major public health issue worldwide, but most knowledge is derived from studies conducted in North America and Western Europe. Little research has been conducted on the prevalence of sexual aggression in developing countries, including Chile. This article presents the first systematic review of the evidence on the prevalence of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration among women and men in Chile. Furthermore, it reports differences in prevalence rates in relation to victim and perpetrator characteristics and victim–perpetrator relationships. A total of N = 28 studies were identified by a three-stage literature search, including the screening of academic databases, publications of Chilean institutions, and reference lists. A great heterogeneity was found for prevalence rates of sexual victimization, ranging between 1.0% and 51.9% for women and 0.4% and 48.0% for men. Only four studies provided perpetration rates, which varied between 0.8% and 26.8% for men and 0.0% and 16.5% for women. No consistent evidence emerged for differences in victimization rates in relation to victims’ gender, age, and education. Perpetrators were more likely to be persons known to the victim. Conceptual and methodological differences between the studies are discussed as reasons for the great variability in prevalence rates, and recommendations are provided for a more harmonized and gender-inclusive approach for future research on sexual aggression in Chile.
KW  - sexual aggression
KW  - victimization
KW  - perpetration
KW  - Chile
KW  - review
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838017697307
SN  - 1524-8380
SN  - 1552-8324
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
SP  - 229
EP  - 244
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  -