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Direct linkAbbey, Antonia; Parkhill, Michele R.; Koss, Mary P. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2005
Self-reports of sexual assault are affected by a variety of factors including the number of questions, question phrasing, and context. Participants (307 women, 166 men) were randomly assigned to one of two forms of a questionnaire. One form had the tactics used to obtain forced sex as the initial frame of reference, whereas the other form had the…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime, Responses, Questionnaires
Abbey, Antonia; BeShears, Renee; Clinton-Sherrod, A. Monique; McAuslan, Pam – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2004
Only a few studies have examined the characteristics of sexual assault based on the tactics used by the perpetrator. In this study we compared the experiences of women who were forced to engage in vaginal, anal, or oral intercourse due to verbal coercion, physical force, or intoxication. Random-digit dialing was used to obtain a sample of 272…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Metropolitan Areas, Females, Experience
