Military-related sexual assault in Canada: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most research on military-related sexual assault is based on the United States military and has important limitations, such as low response rates. We sought to estimate the lifetime prevalence of sexual assault, assess its relation to military service and identify the circumstances, correlates and associations with mental disorders of military-related sexual assault among Canadian military personnel.

Methods

We used the 2013 Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey, a cross-sectional representative survey of Canadian Regular Force personnel (n = 6696). The sample was weighted to be representative of the entire Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force population in 2012 (n = 67 776), as per Statistics Canada requirements. We assessed lifetime trauma exposure a

SUBMITTER: Watkins K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5498324 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature