Female Youth Who Sexually Coerce: Prevalence, Risk, and Protective Factors in Two National High School Surveys

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3354-3362

  Kjellgren, Cecilia ^a   Priebe, Gisela ^a   Svedin, Carl Göran ^b   Mossige, Svein ^c   Långström, Niklas ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Child abuse; Conduct problems; Population survey; Pornography; Sexual behavior; Sexual coercion; Young adults; Young females; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL COERCION; SWEDEN;

EID: 82955208614     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01495.x     Document Type: Article

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