The Prevalence of Coercive Sexual Experience Among Teenage Mothers
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Vol. 4 (2), 204-219
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088626089004002005
Abstract
This study examined the prevalence of coercive sexual experience in a population of teenage mothers. In total, 61% of the respondents reported such experiences; one-third had experienced unwanted sexual intercourse. The victims generally knew the perpetrators. Nearly 30% had been abused by a family member. Nonfamily perpetrators tended to be boyfriends, dates, and friends of the young mothers. The prevalence rates are roughly equivalent to those reported by Russell and by Wyatt.Keywords
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