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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Sexual Victimization during Adolescence Predicts Sexual Perpetration in Young Adult Men and Women

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Risk and Resilience During Emerging Adulthood

  • Aimee DErrico
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Natalya Collins-Howard
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Kristine Jacquin
    Fielding Graduate University

Abstract

We examined how sexual victimization during adolescence predicts sexual perpetration in young men and women. In a sample of 789 young adults between the ages of 18-25, results showed sexual victimization during adolescence significantly increases risk of perpetration in both men and women.

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