TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The reciprocal relationship between sexual victimization and sexual assertiveness
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Livingston, Jennifer A.
A1  - Testa, Maria
A1  - Vanzile-Tamsen, Carol
SP  - 298
EP  - 313
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
N2  - Low sexual assertiveness has been proposed as a possible mechanism through which sexual revictimization occurs, yet evidence for this has been mixed. In this study, prospective path analysis was used to examine the relationship between sexual refusal assertiveness and sexual victimization over time among a community sample of women. Results provide support for a reciprocal relationship, with historical victimization predicting low sexual assertiveness and low sexual assertiveness predicting subsequent victimization. The effect of recent sexual victimization on subsequent sexual assertiveness also was replicated prospectively. These findings suggest that strengthening sexual assertiveness may help reduce vulnerability to future victimization.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801206297339
ID  - ref1
ER  -