The Prevalence of Peer Sexual Harassment During Childhood in Australia.

Autor:	Hunt GR; Australian Catholic University, Banyo, QLD, Australia., Higgins DJ; Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia., Willis ML; Australian Catholic University, Sydney, NSW, Australia., Mathews B; Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.; Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD, USA., Lawrence D; Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia., Meinck F; University of Edinburgh, UK.; North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa.; University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Pacella R; University of Greenwich, London, UK., Thomas HJ; Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, Australia.; The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.; QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia., Scott JG; The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.; Children's Health QLD, South Brisbane, Australia., Erskine HE; Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, Australia., Malacova E; QIMR Berghofer, Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia., Haslam DM; Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.; The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of interpersonal violence [J Interpers Violence] 2024 Dec; Vol. 39 (23-24), pp. 5108-5130. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 09.
DOI:	10.1177/08862605241245368
Abstrakt:	Sexual harassment inflicted by adolescents on their peers is a major public health issue, but its prevalence across childhood is not known. We provide the first nationally representative data on the prevalence of peer sexual harassment across childhood, using cross-sectional data from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS). The ACMS surveyed 8,503 people aged 16 and over about their experiences of child maltreatment and associated health outcomes. The prevalence of peer sexual harassment was assessed using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ)-R2 Adapted Version (ACMS), with survey data weighted to reflect characteristics of the Australian population. Overall, 1 in 10 (10.4% (95% Confidence Intervals (CI) [9.7, 11.3])) Australians experienced peer sexual harassment during childhood. Peer sexual harassment is an issue disproportionately affecting gender-diverse individuals (24.0%, 95% CI [15.5, 35.2]) and women (15.3%, 95% CI [14.0, 16.7%]), compared to men (5.0%, 95% CI [4.3, 5.9]). Rates of peer sexual harassment were also very high among sexuality diverse participants (prevalence estimates ranging between 14.2% and 29.8%). Peer sexual harassment was predominately inflicted by male peers (9.6%, 95% CI [8.9, 10.4]), compared to 1.8% (95% CI [1.5, 2.2]) reporting harassment from female peers. These findings have implications for understanding and reducing attitudes supporting peer sexual harassment in childhood, particularly against girls and gender and sexuality diverse youth, and associations with other gendered violence both in childhood and later life. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interests with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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