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Sexual violence affects adolescents’ health and prosocial behaviour beyond other violence exposure
Background: Sexual violence is a public health issue among adolescents globally but remains understudied in Sub-Saharan Africa. Objective: The present study focused on the association of cumulative exposure to different types of sexual violence with mental and physical health problems and prosocial...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10580796/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37843878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2263319 |
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author | Doerr, Carla Maria Hoeffler, Anke Goessmann, Kate Olorunlambe, Wasiu Hecker, Tobias |
author_facet | Doerr, Carla Maria Hoeffler, Anke Goessmann, Kate Olorunlambe, Wasiu Hecker, Tobias |
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description | Background: Sexual violence is a public health issue among adolescents globally but remains understudied in Sub-Saharan Africa. Objective: The present study focused on the association of cumulative exposure to different types of sexual violence with mental and physical health problems and prosocial behaviour. Method: We conducted a survey with a regionally representative sample of both in-school and out-of-school adolescents, aged 13–17 years, living in south-western Nigeria. Self-reported exposure to sexual violence, behavioural problems, physical complaints, and prosocial behaviour were assessed. Results: About three quarters of the participants reported the experience of sexual violence (74.6%). Multiple regression models revealed that the more types of sexual violence an individual reported, the more mental and physical health problems, and the fewer prosocial behaviours they reported when controlling for other forms of violence exposure. Latent class analysis revealed three severity classes of sexual violence. Symptoms of mental and physical health indicators were significantly higher as exposure increased by group whereas prosocial behaviours were non-significantly fewer in the opposite direction. Conclusion: This study revealed a consistent and unique relation between sexual violence exposure and negative health outcomes among adolescents. Further research on sexual violence in Sub-Saharan Africa and its associations is needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-105807962023-10-18 Sexual violence affects adolescents’ health and prosocial behaviour beyond other violence exposure Doerr, Carla Maria Hoeffler, Anke Goessmann, Kate Olorunlambe, Wasiu Hecker, Tobias Eur J Psychotraumatol Basic Research Article Background: Sexual violence is a public health issue among adolescents globally but remains understudied in Sub-Saharan Africa. Objective: The present study focused on the association of cumulative exposure to different types of sexual violence with mental and physical health problems and prosocial behaviour. Method: We conducted a survey with a regionally representative sample of both in-school and out-of-school adolescents, aged 13–17 years, living in south-western Nigeria. Self-reported exposure to sexual violence, behavioural problems, physical complaints, and prosocial behaviour were assessed. Results: About three quarters of the participants reported the experience of sexual violence (74.6%). Multiple regression models revealed that the more types of sexual violence an individual reported, the more mental and physical health problems, and the fewer prosocial behaviours they reported when controlling for other forms of violence exposure. Latent class analysis revealed three severity classes of sexual violence. Symptoms of mental and physical health indicators were significantly higher as exposure increased by group whereas prosocial behaviours were non-significantly fewer in the opposite direction. Conclusion: This study revealed a consistent and unique relation between sexual violence exposure and negative health outcomes among adolescents. Further research on sexual violence in Sub-Saharan Africa and its associations is needed. Taylor & Francis 2023-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10580796/ /pubmed/37843878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2263319 Text en © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
spellingShingle | Basic Research Article Doerr, Carla Maria Hoeffler, Anke Goessmann, Kate Olorunlambe, Wasiu Hecker, Tobias Sexual violence affects adolescents’ health and prosocial behaviour beyond other violence exposure |
title | Sexual violence affects adolescents’ health and prosocial behaviour beyond other violence exposure |
title_full | Sexual violence affects adolescents’ health and prosocial behaviour beyond other violence exposure |
title_fullStr | Sexual violence affects adolescents’ health and prosocial behaviour beyond other violence exposure |
title_full_unstemmed | Sexual violence affects adolescents’ health and prosocial behaviour beyond other violence exposure |
title_short | Sexual violence affects adolescents’ health and prosocial behaviour beyond other violence exposure |
title_sort | sexual violence affects adolescents’ health and prosocial behaviour beyond other violence exposure |
topic | Basic Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10580796/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37843878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2263319 |
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