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Article: Antecedents of Sexual Victimization: Factors Discriminating Victims From Nonvictims.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Journal of American College Health
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
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Abstract. A sexual victimization survey was used to assess the factors that would discriminate between victims and nonvictims of sexual assault. The sample consisted of 241 female college students at a large midwestern university. Victimization status was ascertained from the 13-question Sexual Experiences Survey developed by Koss and Gidycz and Koss and Oros. Data eliciting information about possible associated factors (demographics, dating history, sexual history, personality characteristics and traits) and victimization status were obtained by adapting several scales and instruments into a single Dating and Relationship Survey. Of the 241 women, 102 reported they had ...