Citation

Jones D, Marks G, Villar-Loubet O, Weiss SM, O'Daniels C, Borkowf CB, Simpson C, Adimora AA, McLellan-Lemal E. Int. J. Sex. Health 2015; 27(3): 249-263.

Affiliation

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/19317611.2014.959631

PMID

26380592

PMCID

PMC4569543

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This cross-sectional study examined African American and Hispanic women's (N = 1,509) self-reports of unwanted forced sex and its association with behavioral and mental health outcomes after the event.

METHODS: Twenty percent of the women had experienced forced sex (1st occurrence at age 15 years or younger for 10%, 1st occurrence at older than 15 years of age for 10%).

RESULTS: Regardless of when forced sex 1st occurred, women were more likely to have engaged in unprotected vaginal and anal sex, to have had multiple unprotected sex partners, to have sexually transmitted infections, to have reported binge drinking and illicit drug use, and to exhibit distress and have received mental health counseling.

CONCLUSIONS: Forced sex may have wide-ranging behavioral and mental health consequences years later.

Language: en