Groups of Sexual Violence Perpetration in a National Sample of Youth 13-25 Years of Age.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about how specific forms of sexual violence (SV) perpetration group together and how youth transition between these groups over time. Between 2011 and 2016, four waves of data were collected online nationally from 1129 13-25-year-olds. Six forms of SV perpetration were assessed: sexual harassment, online sexual harassment, sexual assault, coercive sex, attempted rape, and rape. We used latent class analysis to examine how different types of SV perpetration behaviors clustered together in each of the four waves. Latent transition analysis was used to examine stability and instability in group membership between the first and fourth waves assessed. Three groups were identified in each of the four waves of data collection: (1) a "non-perpetrators" group, ranging from 69 to 81%

SUBMITTER: Ybarra ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8970340 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature