{"id":3119,"date":"2022-01-21T10:19:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T09:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barnafrid.se\/kunskapsportal\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=3119"},"modified":"2025-10-09T14:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:46:47","slug":"adolescents-experiences-of-sexual-abuse-prevalence-abuse-characteristics-disclosure-health-and-ethical-aspects","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/barnafrid.se\/kunskapsportal\/kunskapsbibliotek\/adolescents-experiences-of-sexual-abuse-prevalence-abuse-characteristics-disclosure-health-and-ethical-aspects\/","title":{"rendered":"Adolescents\u2019 Experiences of sexual abuse \u2013 Prevalence, abuse characteristics, disclosure, health and ethical aspects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"Publication-meta\">\n    <div class=\"Publication-meta-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"Publication-meta-imageContainer\">\n         <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"78\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/barnafrid.se\/kunskapsportal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/adolescents-experiences-of-sexual-abuse-prevalence-abuse-characteristics-disclosure-health-and-ethical-aspects-212x300-1-78x113.png\" class=\"Publication-meta-author\" alt=\"\" \/>        <\/div>\n        <div>\n            <p class=\"Publication-meta-author\">Av Gisela Priebe (2009)<\/p>\n           \n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/barnafrid.se\/kunskapsportal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1389605-adolescents_experiences_of_sexual_abuse.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Inb\u00e4ddning av Adolescent&apos;s_experiences_of_sexual_abuse.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f03ba45a-0960-4dec-90d8-b4562bfa7f89\" href=\"https:\/\/barnafrid.se\/kunskapsportal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1389605-adolescents_experiences_of_sexual_abuse.pdf\">Adolescent&#8217;s_experiences_of_sexual_abuse<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/barnafrid.se\/kunskapsportal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1389605-adolescents_experiences_of_sexual_abuse.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f03ba45a-0960-4dec-90d8-b4562bfa7f89\">Ladda ner<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of this thesis was to investigate aspects of self-reported sexual abuse during childhood and adolescence in a population-based study of Swedish high school students. The aim of this thesis was first to investigate the lifetime prevalence of sexual abuse of varying severity and characteristics as well as the associations between sexual abuse, gender, socio-demographic characteristics and consensual sexual experiences. The next aim was to investigate disclosure rates and disclosure patterns as well as predictors of non-disclosure. A further aim was to study the associations between sexual abuse and different aspects of psychosocial health. One of the measures of psychosocial health used in the study was the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and a further aim of the thesis was to examine its psychometric properties when used with young people at age 17 \u2013 19 years. Finally, it was an aim of this thesis to highlight ethical aspects of research about sexual abuse by investigating vulnerable participants\u2019 experience with the survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A school-based sample of more than 4,000 high school seniors in five Swedish towns completed the questionnaire \u201cAdolescents\u2019 Sexuality \u2013 Attitudes and Experiences\u201d. The same questionnaire was completed by young people in six other countries as part of The Baltic Sea Regional Study on Adolescents\u2019 Sexuality. Data from both the Swedish and the Estonian sample were used when vulnerable participants\u2019 experience of the survey were examined. A sub-sample of more than 1,000 participants in one of the Swedish towns completed additional questionnaires (SDQ, Sense of Coherence and I think I am).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lifetime prevalence rates were shown for three different categories of sexual abuse: non-contact abuse, contact abuse and penetrating abuse. Penetrating abuse was related to more severe abuse characteristics, less frequent disclosure, more emotional and behavioural symptoms, weaker sense of coherence and poorer self-esteem when compared to non-abuse, non-contact or contact abuse. A substantial portion of the sexual abuse was committed by peers. At the same time, peers were the most often mentioned recipients of disclosure of sexual abuse. Few sexually exposed adolescents had talked to a professional. The SDQ had acceptable reliability and validity for use with adolescents at age 17 \u2013 19 years. Sense of Coherence was found to be the measure of psychosocial health that was most clearly associated with sexual abuse, even after adjustment for confounding variables. Family factors, in particular parental bonding, were shown to be strongly related to different aspects of sexual abuse. A model of the participants\u2019 experience with the survey did not support the idea that vulnerable young people should be protected from participation in research about sensitive issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/search\/files\/3261593\/1389605.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">L\u00e4s avhandlingen h\u00e4r<\/a> (extern l\u00e4nk)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"footnotes":""},"subject":[13],"publication_type":[15],"source":[],"language":[25],"role":[],"class_list":["post-3119","publication","type-publication","status-publish","hentry","subject-sexuella-overgrepp","publication_type-avhandlingar","language-engelska"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Adolescents\u2019 Experiences of sexual abuse \u2013 Prevalence, abuse characteristics, disclosure, health and ethical aspects - Barnafrid<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sv_SE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adolescents\u2019 Experiences of sexual abuse \u2013 Prevalence, abuse characteristics, disclosure, health and ethical aspects - Barnafrid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abstract The purpose of this thesis was to investigate aspects of self-reported sexual abuse during childhood and adolescence in a population-based study of Swedish high school students. 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