Paper Title
Investigating the effect of child maltreatment on early adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression: testing a multiple mediator model in a non-incarcerated sample of Danish adolescents
Keywords
- Sexual Aggression
- Child Maltreatment
- Adolescence
- Peer Influence
- Insecure-Hostile Masculinity
- Mediation Model
- Physical Abuse
- Sexual Abuse
- Child Neglect
- Risk Factors
- Prevention Programs
- Adolescent Violence
- Peer-on-Peer Aggression
- At-Risk Youth
- Early Intervention
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Publication Info
Volume: 5 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 24533
Published On
March, 2014
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Abstract
Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between child maltreatment and severe early adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression, using a multiple mediator model. Methods The study comprised 330 male Grade 9 students with a mean age of 14.9 years (SD=0.5). Results Estimates from the mediation model indicated significant indirect effects of child physical abuse on sexual aggression via peer influence and insecure-hostile masculinity. No significant total effect of child sexual abuse and child neglect on sexual aggression was found. Conclusions Findings of the present study identify risk factors that are potentially changeable and therefore of value in informing the design of prevention programs aiming at early adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression in at-risk youth.
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