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1. Predictors of sexually coercive behavior in a nationally representative sample of adolescent males.

Author

Casey EA, Beadnell B, and Lindhorst TP

Subjects
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior psychology, Adult Survivors of Child Abuse psychology, Child, Child Abuse, Sexual psychology, Forecasting, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, United States epidemiology, Adult Survivors of Child Abuse statistics & numerical data, Aggression psychology, Child Abuse, Sexual statistics & numerical data, Coercion
Abstract

Data from male participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health are used to examine childhood predictors of late adolescent and early adulthood sexually coercive behavior and adolescent mediators of these relationships. A path analysis shows that experiencing sexual abuse as a child has a direct effect on perpetrating subsequent coercion that is partially mediated by early sexual initiation. Involvement in delinquent activities in adolescence was the only additional significant predictor of sexually coercive behavior and completely mediated the relationship between physical abuse in childhood and later sexual coercion. Of note, more than half of men reporting sexually aggressive acts had no history of childhood victimization, so pathways to sexually coercive behavior for this group remain unidentified. In addition to the universal prevention approaches currently in use in the field, these findings suggest that targeted prevention programs need to be formulated for youth with histories of childhood sexual or physical abuse.

Published
2009
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2. Reconceptualizing and Operationalizing Context in Survey Research on Intimate Partner Violence

Author

Lindhorst, Taryn and Tajima, Emiko

Abstract

Survey research in the field of intimate partner violence is notably lacking in its attention to contextual factors. Early measures of intimate partner violence focused on simple counts of behaviors, yet attention to broader contextual factors remains limited. Contextual factors not only shape what behaviors are defined as intimate partner violence but also influence the ways women respond to victimization, the resources available to them, and the environments in which they cope with abuse. This article advances methods for reconceptualizing and operationalizing contextual factors salient to the measurement of intimate partner violence. The analytic focus of the discussion is on five dimensions of the social context: the situational context, the social construction of meaning by the survivor, cultural and historical contexts, and the context of systemic oppression. The authors consider how each dimension matters in the measurement of intimate partner violence and offer recommendations for systematically assessing these contextual factors in future research. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)

Published
2008

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