Unwanted Early Sexual Experiences among Belgian and South African University Women Students

Bibliographic Data

ID13660931
AuthorsArlynn T Revell (Institute of Family and Sexuality Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University Leuven, corresponding author), Alfons Vansteenwegen (Catholic University of America), Lionel Nicholas (University of Fort Hare), L J Nicholas (University of Fort Hare)
Year2008
Volume103
Issue1
Pages102-112
Publication date2008-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.103.1.102-112
PMID18982943
OpenAlexW2128739683
LanguageEN
References cited18

This study examined the unwanted early sexual experiences of 736 South African and 1,587 Belgian women students. The Early Sexual Experiences Checklist was administered to all consenting women students attending orientation programmes at a Belgian and a South African university. Respondents were Belgians (M age = 18.2 yr., SD = 1.0) and South Africans (M age = 19.6 yr., SD = 4.1). Such experiences were found for 31.3% (231) of South African respondents and 14.2% (226) of Belgian respondents. 64% of South African women indicated that such an experience occurred only once, and 65% of Belgian women reported this also. 34% of Belgian and 32% of South African respondents reported not being bothered at all by the unwanted experience at the time the event took place; 23% of Belgian and 36% of South African respondents were extremely bothered by the experience

Checklist · Family medicine · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Child Abuse and Trauma · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology

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