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Psychosocial Correlates of Sexual Violence: From a Target and Perpetrator Perspective

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 18459

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Francisca Expósito

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Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Interests: gender discrimination; sexism and initmate partner violence; violence against women; close relationships
Dr. Marta Garrido-Macías

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Psychological Sciences Building, Department of Communication and Social Psychology, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Interests: sexual coercion; sexual violence; sexual aggression; couple relationships; commitment; dependence; victimization; perpetration; intimate partner violence
Dr. Gemma Sáez

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Faculty Education Building, Department of Psychology and Anthropology, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Interests: sexual objectification; sexism; sexual violence; intimate partner violence; violence against women

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues，

The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) has launched a Special Issue with the aim to understand sexual violence against women. This high-prevalence phenomenon impacts the physical, mental, and social health of women. Traditionally, sexual violence has been known to be perpetrated by strangers; however, research in this field has recently found that men who keep a close relationship with victims might exert such violence (e.g., romantic partners, colleagues, friends) as well.

We call for unpublished papers that address this phenomenon considering both sides of the coin: men who perpetrate sexual violence and women who are the victims of such men. Moreover, this Special Issue is interested in the different manifestations of sexual violence from the subtlest (e.g., sexual objectification or sexual coercion) to the most explicit experiences (e.g., sexual harassment or rape).

We welcome theoretical, review, and empirical papers that allow us a better general understanding of this complex phenomenon, as well as studies that specifically focus on identifying variables associated with a greater risk of sexual violence victimization and perpetration.

The Special Issue will be published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, a peer-reviewed scientific journal indexed in JCR with an impact factor of 2.849 (2019). For detailed information about the journal, we refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.

Prof. Dr. Francisca Expósito
Dr. Marta Garrido-Macías
Dr. Gemma Sáez
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sexual aggression
  • sexual coercion
  • sexual objectification
  • rape
  • unwanted sexual advances

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Links of Perceived Pornography Realism with Sexual Aggression via Sexual Scripts, Sexual Behavior, and Acceptance of Sexual Coercion: A Study with German University Students
by Barbara Krahé, Paulina Tomaszewska and Isabell Schuster
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(1), 63; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010063 - 22 Dec 2021
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Exposure to pornographic material has been linked to sexual aggression perpetration and victimization in a large body of research. Based on social learning theory and 3A theory of script learning, this study contributes to this research by testing the hypothesis that the [...] Read more.
Exposure to pornographic material has been linked to sexual aggression perpetration and victimization in a large body of research. Based on social learning theory and 3A theory of script learning, this study contributes to this research by testing the hypothesis that the more realistic pornography is perceived to be by young adults, the more likely they are to experience and engage in sexual aggression. Two underlying pathways were proposed: one path via scripts and patterns of sexual behavior regarding consensual sexual interactions that contain established risk factors for sexual aggression victimization and perpetration, and a second path via the acceptance of sexual coercion. In a cross-sectional study, 1181 university students in Germany (762 female; 419 male) completed measures of pornography use and perception, risky sexual scripts and sexual behavior, and acceptance of sexual coercion. As predicted, pornography realism was a positive predictor of risky sexual scripts, risky sexual behavior, and acceptance of sexual coercion. Indirect links with sexual aggression victimization and perpetration were found via both pathways. No gender differences in the associations were found. The implications for media literacy interventions addressing the realism of pornography are discussed. Full article
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Street Sexual Harassment: Experiences and Attitudes among Young Spanish People
by Victoria A. Ferrer-Perez, Carmen Delgado-Alvarez, Andrés Sánchez-Prada, Esperanza Bosch-Fiol and Virginia Ferreiro-Basurto
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(19), 10375; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910375 - 1 Oct 2021
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Violence against women (VAW) is gender-based violence directed at women and girls on account of being female that can take on multiple forms and manifest in different contexts. Among the many possible forms of VAW, this article focuses on “piropos”, a type of [...] Read more.
Violence against women (VAW) is gender-based violence directed at women and girls on account of being female that can take on multiple forms and manifest in different contexts. Among the many possible forms of VAW, this article focuses on “piropos”, a type of stranger harassment situation. Specifically, the objectives of this study were two-fold: to analyze the usefulness of a tool to evaluate social attitudes towards this form of VAW and to analyze the influence of sociodemographic variables and prior victimization (whether as a witness or victim) on attitudes towards this type of violence among Spanish youth. An opportunity sample of 538 young Spanish people took part in this study. They filled out a sociodemographic data sheet, a victimization questionnaire designed ad hoc, and a questionnaire on attitudes towards “piropos”. The results obtained indicate that the questionnaire was adequate for use as a tool to evaluate social attitudes towards this type of VAW and suggest its applicability for future studies on attitudes towards “piropos” as a type of stranger harassment situation in a Spanish context. Moreover, the results on victimization not only corroborate the magnitude of street sexual harassment in Spain and a direct effect of gender on the perception of the violence experienced, they also reinforce the need to further investigate new aspects. Regarding attitudes towards “piropos”, the results obtained indicate that, in general, participants demonstrated negative attitudes or rejection, and these feelings were particularly strong among women. Full article
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