Sentences with phrase «such sexual victimization»

One such sexual victimization is called «sexting» and has become a huge problem across cultural, ethnic, and gender boundaries.

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Research within clinical populations consistently finds that girls are more often abused than boys, although research focused on the broader population of community youth has not shown such gender differences in rates of physical maltreatment.72 Female offenders typically are abused before their first offense.73 Among girls in the California juvenile justice system, 92 percent report some form of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse.74 Self - reported victimization rates among boys in the juvenile justice system are considerably lower, though boys may be more likely than girls to underreport certain forms of abuse.75 Some studies report abuse rates for males between 25 percent and 31 percent, while others report rates of 10 percent for sexual abuse and 47 percent for physical abuse.76 Closer comparison reveals that delinquent males and females tend to report different types of traumas as well.

Also, the focus group format may have prohibited discussion of sensitive issues, such as abuse, victimization, or sexual orientation — based discrimination.

The JVQ is a comprehensive instrument designed to screen for a wide range of victimization events, covering such general areas of concern as physical assault, property victimization, child maltreatment, peer and sibling victimization, sexual victimization, witnessing violence, and indirect exposure to violence.12 Both surveys asked the same questions about 34 separate victimization types and collected similar demographic and background information.

We explore whether such experiences are independent risk factors for IPV victimization and perpetration, even when accounting for aggressive behaviors and related risk taking, including drinking and sexual initiation, during early adolescence.

These consequences pervade all aspects of her life, as she endures the multitude of serious and long - lasting sequelae such as potential PTSD, depression, anxiety, vulnerability to recurrent sexual victimization, substance use, and chronic physical and mental health problems (Astin et al. 1993; Astin et al. 1995; Bergman et al. 1987; Campbell et al. 1995; Cascardi & O» Leary, 1992; Cascardi et al. 1995; Gleason, 1993; Jaffe et al. 1986; Kemp et al. 1991; Kernic et al. 2000; Kernic et al. 2003; Kilpatrick & Acierno, 2003; Koss et al. 2003; McCauley et al. 1995; Orava et al. 1996; Plichta & Weisman, 1995; Saunders, 1994) *.