Sexual Coercion Experience and Sexually Coercive Behavior: A Population Study of Swedish and Norwegian Male Youth

Seto, Michael C.; Kjellgren, Cecilia; Priebe, Gisela; Mossige, Svein; Svedin, Carl Göran; Långström, Niklas

doi:10.1177/1077559510367937

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“…Som vist sammenfaller dette med resultater fra flere nordiske studier (Helweg-Larsen og Bøving Larsen, 2006;Sariola og Uutela, 1996;Hanson et al, 2003;Seto et al, 2010). Hvis terskelen for å rapportere om seksuelle krenkelser innenfor familien har forandret seg skulle vi tro at den var blitt lavere og at flere av incestuøse seksuelle hendelser ble rapportert enn tidligere.…”

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Omfanget av seksuelle krenkelser og overgrep i en norsk ungdomsbefolkning

Mossige¹,

Huang²

2011

Nor J Epidemiol

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The aim of this cross-sectional school-based study is to present and discuss the prevalence of sexual abuse within a Norwegian population of young people at the age of 18. Contrary to some earlier Norwegian studies the response rate is fairly high and sexually abuse is more clearly defined. The results are compared with an earlier Norwegian study. A clear gendered pattern can be seen in the data: about a quarter of the young correspondents have experienced sexual offenses, among them 77 percent are girls while 90 per cent of the offenders are males. The same pattern appears in other Nordic studies. Most of the reported sexual offenses towards girls take place when they are in their early teens and the offender is usually a boy some years older, in his teens or early twenties. A sexually offended girl reports more often the use of force or physical violence during the event than an offended boy does. The family is an arena with relatively fewer reported cases of sexually abuse or offences in this study than those of earlier research. We cannot say if this implies a decrease of sexual abuse within the family in Norway but international studies indicate such a tendency in some western countries. To be able to see how the picture of sexual abuse develops in society across time, for instance in a youth population, well prepared prevalence studies should be done within regular time-intervals.

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Omfanget av seksuelle krenkelser og overgrep i en norsk ungdomsbefolkning

Mossige¹,

Huang²

2011

Nor J Epidemiol

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“…[3][4][5][6] Putative consequences include risky sexual behaviour, chronic pain syndromes, anxiety, and depressive disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder, [7][8][9] substance misuse, 7-10 suicide attempts, 8 and sexually aggressive behaviour. [11][12][13] Identified associations are generally small to moderate in size and are influenced by sample origin and size.…”

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Preventing sexual abusers of children from reoffending: systematic review of medical and psychological interventions

Långström

Enebrink

Lauren

et al. 2013

BMJ

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Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of current medical and psychological interventions for individuals at risk of sexually abusing children, both in known abusers and those at risk of abusing.Design Systematic review of interventions designed to prevent reoffending among known abusers and prevention for individuals at risk of sexually abusing children. Randomised controlled trials and prospective observational studies were eligible. Primary outcomes were arrests, convictions, breaches of conditions, and self reported sexual abuse of children after one year or more.Results After review of 1447 abstracts, we retrieved 167 full text studies, and finally included eight studies with low to moderate risk of bias. We found weak evidence for interventions aimed at reducing reoffending in identified sexual abusers of children. For adults, evidence from five trials was insufficient regarding both benefits and risks with psychological treatment and pharmacotherapy. For adolescents, limited evidence from one trial suggested that multisystemic therapy prevented reoffence (relative risk 0.18, 95% confidence interval 0.04 to 0.73); lack of adequate research prevented conclusions about effects of other treatments. Evidence was also inadequate regarding effectiveness of treatment for children with sexual behavioural problems in the one trial identified. Finally, we found no eligible research on preventive methods for adults and adolescents who had not sexually abused children but were at higher risk of doing so (such as those with paedophilic sexual preference).Conclusion There are major weaknesses in the scientific evidence, particularly regarding adult men, the main category of sexual abusers of children. Better coordinated and funded high quality studies including several countries are urgently needed. Until conclusive evidence is available, realistic clinical strategies might involve reduction of specific risk factors for sex crimes, such as sexual preoccupation, in abusers at risk of reoffending.

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“…In high income countries such as Australia, Canada, USA and UK, every year, about 4-16% of children are physically abused, one in ten is neglected or psychologically abused, and 5-10% of boys and girls are exposed to penetrative sexual abuse, whilst up to three times this number are exposed to other forms of sexual abuse (Gilbert et al 2009). In the five countries of the Baltic Sea region (Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden), 20-50% of girls and 10-25% of the boys at the age of 18 report to have experienced some type of sexual abuse Kjellgren et al 2009;Seto et al 2010).…”

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Academic achievement in Norwegian secondary schools: the impact of violence during childhood

Huang¹,

Mossige

2011

Soc Psychol Educ

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Using data from a national survey (N = 6,979) of young people in their last year in Norwegian secondary schools in 2007 (aged 18 and 19), this paper examines the effect of experience of violence including sexual abuse during childhood (before the age of 13) on the later academic achievement of young people. This investigation includes three types of violence: non-physical, physical and sexual, and two types of victimisation: being abused and witness to abuse. First we investigate the relationship between the experience of various violent acts before the age of 13 and young people's later academic achievement. Second, applying the structural equation modelling technique, we take into account the effect of background factors such as parents' educational attainment and gender, and the effect of mediating factors such as social capital and educational motivation on the academic achievement of the young victims. The results show that exposure to violence during childhood not only directly influences young people's educational outcomes but also exerts indirect influences on their achievement through its impact on young victims' social relations and psychological health.

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Sexual Coercion Experience and Sexually Coercive Behavior: A Population Study of Swedish and Norwegian Male Youth

Cited by 61 publications

References 23 publications

Omfanget av seksuelle krenkelser og overgrep i en norsk ungdomsbefolkning

Omfanget av seksuelle krenkelser og overgrep i en norsk ungdomsbefolkning

Preventing sexual abusers of children from reoffending: systematic review of medical and psychological interventions

Academic achievement in Norwegian secondary schools: the impact of violence during childhood

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