Citation

Younge SN, Salazar LF, Sales JM, DiClemente RJ, Wingood GM, Rose E. J. Child Adolesc. Trauma 2010; 3(2): 79.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1080/19361521003761523

PMID

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Abstract

Previous research has demonstrated that a history of gender-based victimization is associated with higher rates of sexual risk-taking behaviors among adolescents. Victimization can occur in various forms. To date, no published studies have examined the relationship between the different forms of victimization and sexual risk-taking behaviors among African American adolescent women. This study explored the association between different forms of victimization and sexual risk behaviors using baseline data from participants (N = 715) with a mean age of 17.9 (SD = 1.7), who were enrolled in a larger intervention study. The results revealed that a history of any form of victimization was associated with some form of sexual risk behaviors.

Keywords: emotional abuse; victimization; sexual risk; African Americans adolescent women