Paulina Tomaszewska
Biographic Data
| ID | 5221409 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paulina Tomaszewska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paulina |
| FAMILY NAME | Tomaszewska |
| SIGNATURE | TOMASZEWSKA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Potsdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1259-1912 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Active, Passive, and Non-Sexting Adolescents
Two contrasting frameworks have guided research on adolescent sexting. The deviancy perspective regards sexting as a risky behavior. The normalcy perspective acknowledges consensual sexting as a form of sexual expression with potential benefits. Drawing on both perspectives, this study compared adolescents who actively engaged in voluntary sexting (i.e., sent a sext of themselves or others) with those who were only passively (i.e., received, aske…
The role of pornography in shaping young adults’ sexual scripts and sexual behavior
Violent Pornography Use and Acceptance of Sexual Coercion in Adolescents
Introduction The use of pornography is ubiquitous in adolescence, and a substantial proportion of users are exposed to pornography showing violence. Adolescents tend to be less critical of those depictions than adults, so their influence on adolescents’ attitudes is of concern. The current study examined the association between the use of violent pornography and the acceptance of sexual coercion, considering risky sexual scripts and low sexual se…
Young Adults’ Understanding of Sexual Competence
Introduction Handling sexual interactions in a competent manner is a key skill for young adults, which is linked to positive aspects of sexual and general well-being. Several research conceptualizations of sexual competence have been proposed in the literature, but little is known about how young adults define sexual competence and what consequences they consider low sexual competence may have. Methods In this qualitative study conducted in 2019,…
Unacknowledged and missed cases of sexual victimization
From the beginning of systematic research on sexual victimization, it has been recognized that a substantial proportion of women report nonconsensual sexual experiences meeting the defining criteria of rape in response to behaviorally specific items, but do not acknowledge their experience as rape in response to broad questions about whether they have ever been raped. Recent studies suggest that rates of unacknowledged rape may be as high or even…
A Theory-Based Intervention to Reduce Risk and Vulnerability Factors of Sexual Aggression Perpetration and Victimization in German University Students
The current study evaluated an intervention program, designed by the authors and based on the theory of sexual scripts and social learning theory, to reduce empirically established risk and vulnerability factors of sexual aggression. A sample of 1,181 university students in Germany (762 female) were randomly assigned to an intervention and a no-intervention control group. The intervention group completed six modules addressing established anteced…
Links of Perceived Pornography Realism with Sexual Aggression via Sexual Scripts, Sexual Behavior, and Acceptance of Sexual Coercion
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 …
The role of moral neutralization of aggression and justification of violence against women in predicting physical teen dating violence perpetration and monitoring among adolescents in Switzerland
Although dating violence poses a serious threat to adolescents' health and well-being around the globe, little evidence is available for Europe in general and Switzerland in particular. Also, evidence on the role of cognitive predictors related to a more general justification of aggressive behavior and gender-based violence is lacking. Therefore, this two-wave longitudinal study conducted with Swiss adolescents (N = 646) examined moral neutraliza…
Physical teen dating violence in high school students in Slovenia
Although teen dating violence (TDV) is internationally recognized as a serious threat to adolescents' health and well-being, almost no data is available for Slovenian youth. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and predictors of TDV among Slovenian adolescents for the first time. Using data from the SPMAD study (Study of Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Delinquency), 330 high school students were asked about physical T…
Prevalence of Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration in a German University Student Sample
This study examined the prevalence of sexual aggression perpetration and victimization in a sample of 1,172 students (755 female, 417 male) from four universities in Germany. All participants were asked about both victimization by, and perpetration of, sexual aggression since the age of 14 years, using the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S). Prevalence rates were established for different coercive strategies, sexual acts, and victi…
Pathways from Child Sexual and Physical Abuse to Sexual and Physical Intimate Partner Violence Victimization through Attitudes toward Intimate Partner Violence
Although many studies have shown that victims of child abuse have an increased vulnerability to revictimization in intimate relationships, the underlying mechanisms are not yet sufficiently well understood. Therefore, this study aimed at examining this relationship for both sexual and physical forms of violence as well as investigating the potential mediating role of attitudes toward sexual and physical intimate partner violence (IPV). Also, the …
Does Question Format Matter in Assessing the Prevalence of Sexual Aggression? A Methodological Study
As research on sexual aggression has been growing, methodological issues in assessing prevalence rates have received increased attention. Building on work by Abbey and colleagues about effects of question format, participants in this study (1,253; 621 female; 632 male) were randomly assigned to one of two versions of the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S). In Version 1, the coercive tactic (use/threat of physical force, exploitatio…
Sexual Coercion and Rape
Sexual Coercion & Violence
Comparing Sexuality-Related Cognitions, Sexual Behavior, and Acceptance of Sexual Coercion in Dating App Users and Non-Users
Predictors of Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration Among Polish University Students
Prevalence and correlates of young people's sexual aggression perpetration and victimisation in 10 European countries
Data are presented on young people's sexual victimisation and perpetration from 10 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain) using a shared measurement tool (N = 3480 participants, aged between 18 and 27 years). Between 19.7 and 52.2% of female and between 10.1 and 55.8% of male respondents reported having experienced at least one incident of sexual victimisation since …
Interpreting Survey Questions About Sexual Aggression in Cross-Cultural Research
Predictors of Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration Among Polish University Students
Prevalence of Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration in a German University Student Sample
This study examined the prevalence of sexual aggression perpetration and victimization in a sample of 1,172 students (755 female, 417 male) from four universities in Germany. All participants were asked about both victimization by, and perpetration of, sexual aggression since the age of 14 years, using the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S). Prevalence rates were established for different coercive strategies, sexual acts, and victi…
Comparing Sexuality-Related Cognitions, Sexual Behavior, and Acceptance of Sexual Coercion in Dating App Users and Non-Users
A Theory-Based Intervention to Reduce Risk and Vulnerability Factors of Sexual Aggression Perpetration and Victimization in German University Students
The current study evaluated an intervention program, designed by the authors and based on the theory of sexual scripts and social learning theory, to reduce empirically established risk and vulnerability factors of sexual aggression. A sample of 1,181 university students in Germany (762 female) were randomly assigned to an intervention and a no-intervention control group. The intervention group completed six modules addressing established anteced…
Pathways from Child Sexual and Physical Abuse to Sexual and Physical Intimate Partner Violence Victimization through Attitudes toward Intimate Partner Violence
Although many studies have shown that victims of child abuse have an increased vulnerability to revictimization in intimate relationships, the underlying mechanisms are not yet sufficiently well understood. Therefore, this study aimed at examining this relationship for both sexual and physical forms of violence as well as investigating the potential mediating role of attitudes toward sexual and physical intimate partner violence (IPV). Also, the …
Does Question Format Matter in Assessing the Prevalence of Sexual Aggression? A Methodological Study
As research on sexual aggression has been growing, methodological issues in assessing prevalence rates have received increased attention. Building on work by Abbey and colleagues about effects of question format, participants in this study (1,253; 621 female; 632 male) were randomly assigned to one of two versions of the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S). In Version 1, the coercive tactic (use/threat of physical force, exploitatio…
Interpreting Survey Questions About Sexual Aggression in Cross-Cultural Research
Young Adults’ Understanding of Sexual Competence
Introduction Handling sexual interactions in a competent manner is a key skill for young adults, which is linked to positive aspects of sexual and general well-being. Several research conceptualizations of sexual competence have been proposed in the literature, but little is known about how young adults define sexual competence and what consequences they consider low sexual competence may have. Methods In this qualitative study conducted in 2019,…
Prevalence and correlates of young people's sexual aggression perpetration and victimisation in 10 European countries
Data are presented on young people's sexual victimisation and perpetration from 10 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain) using a shared measurement tool (N = 3480 participants, aged between 18 and 27 years). Between 19.7 and 52.2% of female and between 10.1 and 55.8% of male respondents reported having experienced at least one incident of sexual victimisation since …
Interpreting Survey Questions About Sexual Aggression in Cross-Cultural Research
Predictors of Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration Among Polish University Students
Sexual Coercion and Rape
Sexual Coercion & Violence
Comparing Sexuality-Related Cognitions, Sexual Behavior, and Acceptance of Sexual Coercion in Dating App Users and Non-Users
Pathways from Child Sexual and Physical Abuse to Sexual and Physical Intimate Partner Violence Victimization through Attitudes toward Intimate Partner Violence
Although many studies have shown that victims of child abuse have an increased vulnerability to revictimization in intimate relationships, the underlying mechanisms are not yet sufficiently well understood. Therefore, this study aimed at examining this relationship for both sexual and physical forms of violence as well as investigating the potential mediating role of attitudes toward sexual and physical intimate partner violence (IPV). Also, the …
Does Question Format Matter in Assessing the Prevalence of Sexual Aggression? A Methodological Study
As research on sexual aggression has been growing, methodological issues in assessing prevalence rates have received increased attention. Building on work by Abbey and colleagues about effects of question format, participants in this study (1,253; 621 female; 632 male) were randomly assigned to one of two versions of the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S). In Version 1, the coercive tactic (use/threat of physical force, exploitatio…
Links of Perceived Pornography Realism with Sexual Aggression via Sexual Scripts, Sexual Behavior, and Acceptance of Sexual Coercion
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 …
The role of moral neutralization of aggression and justification of violence against women in predicting physical teen dating violence perpetration and monitoring among adolescents in Switzerland
Although dating violence poses a serious threat to adolescents' health and well-being around the globe, little evidence is available for Europe in general and Switzerland in particular. Also, evidence on the role of cognitive predictors related to a more general justification of aggressive behavior and gender-based violence is lacking. Therefore, this two-wave longitudinal study conducted with Swiss adolescents (N = 646) examined moral neutraliza…
Physical teen dating violence in high school students in Slovenia
Although teen dating violence (TDV) is internationally recognized as a serious threat to adolescents' health and well-being, almost no data is available for Slovenian youth. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and predictors of TDV among Slovenian adolescents for the first time. Using data from the SPMAD study (Study of Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Delinquency), 330 high school students were asked about physical T…
Prevalence of Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration in a German University Student Sample
This study examined the prevalence of sexual aggression perpetration and victimization in a sample of 1,172 students (755 female, 417 male) from four universities in Germany. All participants were asked about both victimization by, and perpetration of, sexual aggression since the age of 14 years, using the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S). Prevalence rates were established for different coercive strategies, sexual acts, and victi…
Young Adults’ Understanding of Sexual Competence
Introduction Handling sexual interactions in a competent manner is a key skill for young adults, which is linked to positive aspects of sexual and general well-being. Several research conceptualizations of sexual competence have been proposed in the literature, but little is known about how young adults define sexual competence and what consequences they consider low sexual competence may have. Methods In this qualitative study conducted in 2019,…
Unacknowledged and missed cases of sexual victimization
From the beginning of systematic research on sexual victimization, it has been recognized that a substantial proportion of women report nonconsensual sexual experiences meeting the defining criteria of rape in response to behaviorally specific items, but do not acknowledge their experience as rape in response to broad questions about whether they have ever been raped. Recent studies suggest that rates of unacknowledged rape may be as high or even…
A Theory-Based Intervention to Reduce Risk and Vulnerability Factors of Sexual Aggression Perpetration and Victimization in German University Students
The current study evaluated an intervention program, designed by the authors and based on the theory of sexual scripts and social learning theory, to reduce empirically established risk and vulnerability factors of sexual aggression. A sample of 1,181 university students in Germany (762 female) were randomly assigned to an intervention and a no-intervention control group. The intervention group completed six modules addressing established anteced…
The role of pornography in shaping young adults’ sexual scripts and sexual behavior
Violent Pornography Use and Acceptance of Sexual Coercion in Adolescents
Introduction The use of pornography is ubiquitous in adolescence, and a substantial proportion of users are exposed to pornography showing violence. Adolescents tend to be less critical of those depictions than adults, so their influence on adolescents’ attitudes is of concern. The current study examined the association between the use of violent pornography and the acceptance of sexual coercion, considering risky sexual scripts and low sexual se…
Active, Passive, and Non-Sexting Adolescents
Two contrasting frameworks have guided research on adolescent sexting. The deviancy perspective regards sexting as a risky behavior. The normalcy perspective acknowledges consensual sexting as a form of sexual expression with potential benefits. Drawing on both perspectives, this study compared adolescents who actively engaged in voluntary sexting (i.e., sent a sext of themselves or others) with those who were only passively (i.e., received, aske…
Psychology (15 works) · Poison control (13 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Sex work and related issues (11 works) · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (9 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works)