Intimate partner sexual aggression against Chinese women: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although intimate partner sexual aggression has been shown to be associated with adverse mental health outcomes, there is scant information about sexual aggression in Chinese intimate relationships in general and about its mental health impact in particular. This article aimed to investigate sexual aggression in Chinese intimate relationships, including the use of force or threat of force and non-physical coercive tactics in unwanted sex.

Methods

The quantitative and qualitative data used in this paper were drawn from a prospective cohort study conducted in Hong Kong between September 2010 and September 2012. A total of 745 Chinese women aged 18 or older who had been in an intimate relationship in the preceding 12 months were recruited from sites in all districts

SUBMITTER: Tiwari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4039065 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature