@article{ref1,
title="Sexual abuse among female high school students in Istanbul, Turkey",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2006",
author="Alikasifoglu, Mujgan and Erginoz, Ethem and Ercan, Oya and Albayrak-Kaymak, Deniz and Uysal, Omer and Ilter, Ozdemir",
volume="30",
number="3",
pages="247-255",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of sexual abuse in female adolescents in Istanbul, Turkey from data collected as part of a school-based population study on health and health behaviors. METHOD: A stratified cluster sampling procedure was used for this cross-sectional study. The study sample included 1,955 randomly selected 9th through 11th grade female students attending 26 randomly-selected high schools in Istanbul. A self-report questionnaire was administered anonymously in the classroom. Information on sexual abuse history was collected through the questions investigating &quot;touching&quot; and &quot;intercourse.&quot; RESULTS: Of 1,955 female students, 1,871 (95.7%) provided answers to the questions addressing unwanted sexual experience. Of these, 250 (13.4%) reported sexually abusive experiences. Two hundred and thirteen (11.3%) students reported that someone touched their private parts in a way they did not like; 91 (4.9%) reported they were forced to have sexual intercourse; 54 (3.0%) reported both types of sexual abuse. Incest was reported by 1.8% of the subjects. Ninety-three percent of the perpetrators were reported to be male. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first reported school-based study to determine the prevalence of sexual abuse in Turkey. The results show that at least 13.4% of female high school students disclosed having experienced sexual abuse during childhood.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.10.012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.10.012"
}