The Development and Psychometric Assessment of the Adolescent Sexual Coercion Risk Scale

Autor/inn/en	Bramsen, Rikke Holm; Lasgaard, Mathias; Elklit, Ask; Koss, Mary P.
Titel	The Development and Psychometric Assessment of the Adolescent Sexual Coercion Risk Scale
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26 (2011) 8, S.1524-1540 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260510370598
Schlagwörter	Factor Structure; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Psychometrics; Victims of Crime; Sexual Abuse; Test Construction; Adolescents; At Risk Persons; Peer Relationship; Aggression; Sexuality; Females; Scores; Foreign Countries; Grade 9; Questionnaires; Interpersonal Relationship; Violence; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenstruktur; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Sexueller Missbrauch; Testaufbau; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Risikogruppe; Peer-Beziehungen; Sexualität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Fragebogen; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Gewalt; Dänemark
Abstract	The objective of this study was to develop a psychometric measure of risk for sexual victimization from adolescent peers. Items were generated on the basis of the literature and on consultations with a multidisciplinary group of key informants. The items were administered to a sample of 327 female Grade-9 students and examined using exploratory factor analysis. The Adolescent Sexual Coercion Risk Scale items formed two lower-order factors composed of items regarding signaling sexual boundaries and displaying risk behaviors, respectively. Subsequent confirmatory factor analysis supported the two factors, and preliminary psychometric analyses demonstrated that the factors have satisfactory internal consistency. In addition, low scores on the ability to signal sexual boundaries and high scores on risk behaviors were associated with self-reported peer sexual victimization, supporting the validity of the factors as measures of risk. Future validation and potential usage of the measure are discussed. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10