Citation

Atherton MJ, Metcalf JA. Electron. J. Hum. Sex. 2004; 7.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality)

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Abstract

Clinicians and educators alike seek to understand the associations between forced sex and depression, substance abuse, suicide, and sexually transmissible diseases. We sought to determine whether selected demographic and behavioral factors from the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey were associated with histories of forced sexual intercourse among American high-school students. No significant associations were observed between forced sexual intercourse and grade level, race, or alcohol consumption in last 30 days. Significant associations (p<0.05) were found between forced sexual intercourse and physical abuse by boyfriend or girlfriend and also cocaine use in last 30 days. Subjects living in urban and rural settings were significantly more likely to report a history or forced sexual intercourse than were subjects living in suburban settings. Females were significantly more likely than males to report forced sexual intercourse.

Language: en

Keywords

human; student; sexual abuse; female; male; cocaine; review; alcohol consumption; race; rural area; urban area; controlled study; statistical analysis; observation; health survey; sexual intercourse; demography; high school; correlation analysis; force