Young people who grow up in a violent family context are more vulnerable to become victims of sexual aggression outside the family context. The present study contributes to the understanding of the mechanisms that explain this link among young women by looking at the mediating role of sexual exposure behavior and target vulnerability. Data were used from an online survey among 237 young women aged 16 to 26 ( M = 21.0 years, SD=2.75). Experiencing violence from (one of) the parents and to a lesser extent witnessing interparental violence were related to an elevated risk for sexual victimization. Witnessing interparental violence was related to increased target vulnerability but this factor did not mediate the link with sexual victimization. ...
The study evaluated the association between witnessing interparental violence as a child, being a vi...
Research over the past 30 years highlights the existence of family violence as a major social proble...
This study examined the direct and interactive effects of domestic and community violence exposure o...
Young people who grow up in a violent family context are more vulnerable to become victims of sexual...
Abstract Past efforts to understand the risks for youth victimization have primarily utilized concep...
Sexual violence is widespread in the United States and many victims are under the age of 18 when the...
Longitudinal data were used to examine risk factors for sexual victimization among 237 young adult r...
Limited research on female-assigned-at-birth sexual and gender minorities (FAB SGM) suggests that th...
A relationship between childhood exposure to violence and the perpetration of sexual aggression in y...
There has been substantial research on the effects of familial violence on rapists and factors which...
Almost a quarter of women experience some kind of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Although CSA is asso...
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between exposure to violence in the home a...
Item does not contain fulltextObjectives: Adolescents' exposure to violence between parents acts as ...
Abstract This article explores the degree to which youth are at higher risk of crime victimization w...
The study evaluated the association between witnessing interparental violence as a child, being a vi...
Research over the past 30 years highlights the existence of family violence as a major social proble...
This study examined the direct and interactive effects of domestic and community violence exposure o...
Young people who grow up in a violent family context are more vulnerable to become victims of sexual...
Abstract Past efforts to understand the risks for youth victimization have primarily utilized concep...
Sexual violence is widespread in the United States and many victims are under the age of 18 when the...
Longitudinal data were used to examine risk factors for sexual victimization among 237 young adult r...
Limited research on female-assigned-at-birth sexual and gender minorities (FAB SGM) suggests that th...
A relationship between childhood exposure to violence and the perpetration of sexual aggression in y...
There has been substantial research on the effects of familial violence on rapists and factors which...
Almost a quarter of women experience some kind of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Although CSA is asso...
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between exposure to violence in the home a...
Item does not contain fulltextObjectives: Adolescents' exposure to violence between parents acts as ...
Abstract This article explores the degree to which youth are at higher risk of crime victimization w...
The study evaluated the association between witnessing interparental violence as a child, being a vi...
Research over the past 30 years highlights the existence of family violence as a major social proble...
This study examined the direct and interactive effects of domestic and community violence exposure o...