caa a22 4500 606232109 CHVBK 20210128101224.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0440-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0440-x Testing the "Sexually Abused-Abuser Hypothesis” in Adolescents: A Population-Based Study [Elektronische Daten] [Marcel Aebi, Markus Landolt, Christoph Mueller-Pfeiffer, Ulrich Schnyder, Thomas Maier, Meichun Mohler-Kuo] A long-standing belief in the literature on sex offenders is that sexually victimized youths are at increased risk of becoming sex offenders themselves. The present study tested the link between past sexual abuse, either with or without contact, and sexually offending behavior in a representative sample of male and female adolescents while controlling for other types of abuse, mental health problems, substance use, and non-sexual violent behaviors. Self-reported data were collected from a nationally representative sample of 6,628 students attending 9th grade public school in Switzerland (3,434 males, 3,194 females, mean age=15.50years, SD=0.66years). Exposure to contact and non-contact types of sexual abuse was assessed using the Child Sexual Abuse Questionnaire and sexually offending behavior by the presence of any of three behaviors indicating sexual coercion. Two-hundred-forty-five males (7.1%) and 40 females (1.2%) reported having sexually coerced another person. After controlling for non-sexual abuse, low parent education, urban versus rural living, mental health problems, substance use, and non-sexual violent behavior, male adolescents who were victims of contact sexual abuse and non-contact sexual abuse were significantly more likely to report coercive sexual behaviors. Females who experienced contact or non-contact sexual abuse were also found at increased risk of committing sexual coercion after controlling for covariates. The present findings demonstrate a strong relationship between past sexual abuse, with and without physical contact, and sexual-offending behavior in male and female adolescents. Reducing exposure to non-contact sexual abuse (like Internet-based sexual exploitation) should become a new area of sexual violence prevention in youths. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Sexual victimization nationallicence Sexual abuse nationallicence Sexual coercion nationallicence Juvenile sex offender nationallicence Aebi Marcel University Clinics of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Neptunstrasse 60, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland aut Landolt Markus Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut Mueller-Pfeiffer Christoph Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut Schnyder Ulrich Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut Maier Thomas Center of Education and Research (COEUR), Psychiatric Services of the County of St. Gallen-North, Wil, Switzerland aut Mohler-Kuo Meichun Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/8(2015-11-01), 2189-2199 0004-0002 44:8<2189 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0440-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0440-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aebi Marcel University Clinics of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Neptunstrasse 60, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Landolt Markus Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mueller-Pfeiffer Christoph Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schnyder Ulrich Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maier Thomas Center of Education and Research (COEUR), Psychiatric Services of the County of St. Gallen-North, Wil, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mohler-Kuo Meichun Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/8(2015-11-01), 2189-2199 0004-0002 44:8<2189 2015 44 10508