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Participant Acceptability of Questionnaires Impacts Sexual Victimization Prevalence Rates.
- Source :
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse; 2023, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p771-789, 19p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Obtaining accurate prevalence rates of sexual violence is made difficult by discrepancies in self-report questionnaires. Thus, the current study sought to explore participants' perceptions of acceptability (i.e., perceived difficulty and preference) as a potential mechanism of discrepancy between different questionnaires. Participants were 673 college students who completed two frequently used sexual victimization questionnaires, the Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Victimization (SES-SFV) and the Post-Refusal Sexual Persistence Scales-Victimization (PRSPS-V). Participants then answered questions about each measure's perceived difficulty and their preference between the two. Participants found the PRSPS-V easier to understand and preferred it 2.5 to 1 over the SES-SFV. Preference was related to reporting; participants who preferred the PRSPS-V reported more instances of sexual victimization on the PRSPS-V by 9.8%. Our results indicate that acceptability impacts reported prevalence rates and is one mechanism of discrepancy between questionnaires. Thus, researchers may wish to consider acceptability when choosing sexual victimization questionnaires. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COMPUTER software
PSYCHOLOGY of college students
READABILITY (Literary style)
STATISTICAL reliability
EMPATHY
HUMAN sexuality
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
CRIME victims
EXPERIENCE
T-test (Statistics)
SEX distribution
SEX crimes
QUESTIONNAIRES
SEX customs
STUDENTS
SEXUAL orientation identity
RESEARCH funding
STUDENT attitudes
DATA analysis software
LOGISTIC regression analysis
SECONDARY analysis
READING
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10538712
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 170718230
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2023.2240778