Prevalence and Associated Factors of Sexual Victimization: Findings from a National Representative Sample of Belgian Adults Aged 16–69
Sexual victimization is a major public health, judicial, and societal concern worldwide. Nationally representative and comparable studies are still lacking. We applied a broad definition of sexual violence, including hands-off and hands-on victimization, and behaviorally specific questions to assess sexual victimization. Lifetime and 12-month prevalence estimates were obtained that are representative of the Belgian general population aged 16 to 69 with regard to sex and age. These estimates indicate that 64% experienced some form of sexual victimization in their lives, and 44% experienced some... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Schlagwörter: | sexual violence / sexually transgressive behavior / sexual aggression / sexual assault / individual-level correlates / risk factors / mental health / coercive strategies |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26925701 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147360 |