Unwanted Sexual Activity among Peers during Early and Middle Adolescence: Incidence and Risk Factors.

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Adolescents; Alcohol Abuse; At Risk Persons; Females; Grade 11; Grade 7; Grade 9; Incidence; Parent Child Relationship; Peer Relationship; Secondary Education; Secondary School Students; Sexual Abuse; Sexuality; Student Behavior

0022-2445

Assessed incidence and risk factors of unwanted sexual activity initiated by peers for 1,149 adolescent females. Twenty percent of sample reported some type of unwanted sexual contact in past year. Over one-third of this group reported having been forced to have sexual intercourse. Boyfriends were most commonly reported perpetrators followed by dates, friends, and acquaintances. (Author/NB)

1994

EJ474046