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Interpreting Survey Questions About Sexual Aggression in Cross-Cultural Research: A Qualitative Study with Young Adults from Nine European Countries
- Source :
- Sexuality and Culture, 20(1), 1. Springer New York, SEXUALITY & CULTURE
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015.
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Abstract
- Examining equivalence in the interpretation of survey items on sexual assault by participants from different cultures is an important step toward building a valid international knowledge base about the prevalence of sexual aggression among young adults. Referring to the theoretical framework of contextualism, this study presents qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 128 young adults from nine EU countries on their understanding of survey items from the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S). The measure had previously been used to collect quantitative data on the prevalence of sexual aggression perpetration and victimization in the same countries that had yielded substantial differences in the rates of victimization and perpetration between countries. Based on the methodological approach of a mixed research design, the current study was conducted as a follow-up to the quantitative study with a new sample to explore whether systematic differences in the interpretation of the survey items in the different countries might explain part of the variation in prevalence rates. The interviews showed that participants from the nine countries interpreted the items of the SAV-S in a similar way and as intended by the authors of the scale. Systematic differences between men and women in interpreting the survey items were revealed. Implications of the findings for conducting survey research on sexual aggression across cultures are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Cultural Studies
Research design
Sexual aggression
Social Sciences
050109 social psychology
Qualitative property
Medical and Health Sciences
Developmental psychology
Gender Studies
RAPE
Cross-cultural
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Young adult
Survey
MULTILEVEL
05 social sciences
COLLEGE-STUDENTS
WOMEN
Gender
MEN
Interview study
COERCION
Cross-cultural studies
PREVALENCE
EXPERIENCES SURVEY
Cultural studies
Clinical Medicine
Psychology
VIOLENCE
050104 developmental & child psychology
Clinical psychology
Qualitative research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19364822 and 10955143
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sexuality & Culture
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fa4a3e5d3377ed0393d7fb5bd1f97bbc