Shades of Gray: A Qualitative Study of Terms Used in the Measurement of Sexual Victimization

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Measuring Gender Differences in Partner Violence: Implications from Research on Other Forms of Violent and Socially Undesirable Behavior (2005, background): “Behaviorally-specific questions are increasingly preferred over more general references to broad categories such as “assault” or “violence” ( Hamby & Koss, 2003 ).”
Assessing sexual aggression: Addressing the gap between rape victimization and perpetration prevalence rates (2007, unknown): “…primarily due to the context in which they are gathered, narrow wording of survey screening items used to assess victimization, and higher rates reported across studies relying on different methodologies (see Fisher, Cullen, & Diagle, 2005; Hamby & Koss, 2003; Koss, 1993a; Koss, 1993b for reviews).”
On Defining Violence, and Why It Matters (2017, unknown): “As with other definitional elements, one can describe a continuum of wantedness (Hamby & Koss, 2003).”
Revising the SES: A Collaborative Process to Improve Assessment of Sexual Aggression and Victimization (2007, background): “…empirical literature that informed the revision process are briefly reviewed (for a comprehensive review, see Fisher & Cullen, 2000; also see Abbey, Parkhill, & Koss, 2005; Abbey et al., 2006; Abbey & McAuslan, 2004; Cook, 2002; Hamby & Koss, 2003; Testa, VanZile-Tamsen, Livingston, & Koss, 2004).”