Sexual Victimization in Adolescence: Pathways of Risk from Sexual Harassment via Risky Alcohol Use and Delinquency Among U.S. Adolescents.

Autor: Livingston JA; School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 301D Wende Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA. jal7@buffalo.edu., Wang W; School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 301D Wende Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA., Nickerson AB; Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA., Testa M; Department of Psychology and Clinical and Research Institute On Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of sexual behavior [Arch Sex Behav] 2023 Oct; Vol. 52 (7), pp. 2823-2834. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 20.
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-023-02582-x
Abstrakt: Sexual harassment is a common, yet understudied form of peer victimization experienced by adolescents during a critical period in the development of sexual identity. Adverse sexual experiences early in life (e.g., child sexual abuse) can increase risk of future sexual assault victimization; however, it is unclear as to whether sexual harassment victimization is also a risk factor for sexual assault. We examined the prospective association between peer sexual harassment and experiencing sexual victimization in the following year among a community sample of 13-15-year-old adolescents (N = 800, 57% female) from the northeastern USA. We also examined whether risky alcohol use and delinquency mediated the association between sexual harassment and sexual assault victimization, as well as whether the paths differed by gender. Results indicated that sexual harassment victimization prospectively predicted later sexual victimization for both girls and boys. Using a parallel mediation path model, we determined that for girls, sexual harassment victimization predicted both risky alcohol use and delinquency, but only risky alcohol use was predictive of sexual victimization. For boys, sexual harassment victimization predicted delinquency but not risky alcohol use. Risky alcohol use was not associated with sexual victimization for boys. Findings indicate that sexual harassment victimization increases risk of later sexual victimization in adolescence, but the pathways differ by gender.
(© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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