Citation

Ngo QM, Veliz PT, Kusunoki Y, Stein SF, Boyd CJ. Prev. Med. 2018; 116: 68-74.

Affiliation

Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences in the School of Nursing and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) at the University of Michigan, 400 North Ingalls St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104, United States of America. Electronic address: caroboyd@med.umich.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.08.032

PMID

30194960

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate peer-to-peer sexual violence victimization and perpetration among male and female adolescents in a large, racially and economically diverse, community-based sample. Using cross-sectional data over a four-year period (2009-2013) from a regional sample of middle school and high school students in southeastern Michigan, we examined the prevalence and correlates of peer-to-peer sexual violence victimization and perpetration among adolescents. 33.9% of males and 53.5% of females reported sexual violence victimization, while 22.8% of males and 12.6% of females reported sexual violence perpetration. The majority of peer-to-peer sexual victimization and perpetration occurred by someone of the opposite sex, however, same-sex victimization and perpetration were not uncommon. Substance use, depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and conduct disorder were associated with peer-to-peer sexual violence (victimization or perpetration) for both males and females, with few differences in the patterns of associations by sex. These findings are an important step in better understanding the types of peer-to-peer sexual violence that adolescents experience and risk factors for both male and female youth.

Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescents; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Conduct disorder; Depression; Perpetrating; Sex differences; Sexual violence; Substance use; Victimization