TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Ethnicity, Sexual Attitudes, and Sexual Behavior in Sexual Revictimization During the Transition to Emerging Adulthood
AU - Rinehart, Jenny K.
AU - Yeater, Elizabeth A.
AU - Musci, Rashelle J.
AU - Letourneau, Elizabeth J.
AU - Lenberg, Kathryn L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Parts of this manuscript were supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (T-32MH018834, awarded to Nicholas S. Ialongo), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (T-32DA007292-21S1, awarded to C. Debra M. Furr-Holden), and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (T71MC08054, awarded to Hoover Adger). The contributions of the first and fourth authors were also supported by the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2014.
PY - 2014/11/28
Y1 - 2014/11/28
N2 - An experience of child sexual abuse (CSA) substantially increases women’s risk of adult sexual assault (ASA), but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are unclear. Previous research often has not examined the full range of ASA experiences or included the influence of ethnicity, sexual behavior, and sexual attitudes on CSA and severity of ASA. The current study utilized path analysis to explore the relationships among ethnicity, sexual attitudes, number of lifetime sexual partners, CSA, and severity of ASA in emerging adult women. Results indicated a significant relationship between CSA and more severe ASA that was partially explained by having more lifetime sexual partners. Additionally, European American women, relative to Hispanic women, reported more severe victimization, which was fully explained by more positive attitudes toward casual sex and having more lifetime sexual partners. These results have implications in the design and implementation of universal and selective prevention programs aimed at reducing ASA and revictimization among emerging adult women.
AB - An experience of child sexual abuse (CSA) substantially increases women’s risk of adult sexual assault (ASA), but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are unclear. Previous research often has not examined the full range of ASA experiences or included the influence of ethnicity, sexual behavior, and sexual attitudes on CSA and severity of ASA. The current study utilized path analysis to explore the relationships among ethnicity, sexual attitudes, number of lifetime sexual partners, CSA, and severity of ASA in emerging adult women. Results indicated a significant relationship between CSA and more severe ASA that was partially explained by having more lifetime sexual partners. Additionally, European American women, relative to Hispanic women, reported more severe victimization, which was fully explained by more positive attitudes toward casual sex and having more lifetime sexual partners. These results have implications in the design and implementation of universal and selective prevention programs aimed at reducing ASA and revictimization among emerging adult women.
KW - child sexual abuse
KW - repeat victimization
KW - sexual assault
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U2 - 10.1177/1077559514551946
DO - 10.1177/1077559514551946
M3 - Article
C2 - 25258422
AN - SCOPUS:84912026293
SN - 1077-5595
VL - 19
SP - 178
EP - 187
JO - Child maltreatment
JF - Child maltreatment
ER -