Assessing Women's Experiences of Sexual Aggression Using The Sexual Experiences Survey: Evidence for Validity and Implications for Research1

By M. Testa, Carol Vanzile-Tamsen, Jennifer A. Livingston, M. Koss. 2004

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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College Women and Sexual Assault: The Role of Sex-related Alcohol Expectancies (2007, unknown): “In an investigation of alcohol, victim and assailant intoxication, and sexual assault, Testa et al. (2004) reported that while drinking may increase the probability a woman may enter a sexually risky situation, it is only under the highest level of intoxication (e.g. incapacitation) that there is a…”
Assessing sexual aggression: Addressing the gap between rape victimization and perpetration prevalence rates (2007, unknown): “…in sexual victimization and perpetration research, the SES has undergone few empirical investigations (Gylys & McNamara, 1996; Hamby & Koss, 2003; Testa et al., 2004) and continued examination and revisions of this measure have recently been encouraged (DeGue & DiLillo, 2005; Testa et al., 2004).”
Barriers to Reporting Sexual Victimization: Prevalence and Correlates among Undergraduate Women (2011, background): “The SES is one of the most widely used measures of sexual victimization ( Gidycz, Van Wynsberghe, & Edwards, 2008 ; Testa, VanZile-Tamsen, Livingston, & Koss, 2004 ), and has demonstrated high test–retest reliability (.”
Sexual Objectification and Substance Abuse in Young Adult Women (2011, background): “Participant and coder agreement was 40-85% for experiences classified as contact and 16-68% for attempted rape (Testa et al., 2004).”
Self-Blame Among Sexual Assault Victims Prospectively Predicts Revictimization: A Perceived Sociolegal Context Model of Risk (2007, background): “Further supporting the mediational role of self-blame, a Sobel (1982) test demonstrated a predicted significant reduction in the effect of legal perceptions on SRV risk in the presence of post-SA self-blame, Z ¼� 2.14, p < .05.”
Revising the SES: A Collaborative Process to Improve Assessment of Sexual Aggression and Victimization (2007, background): “Moreover, modifications of the original SES that remain gendered are available, including one for victimization (Testa et al., 2004) and versions for both perpetration and victimization (Abbey et al.”