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Unwanted sexual experiences during childhood: Australian continuum data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Wendy Patton  and
Mary Mannison
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Abstract

In order to place child sexual abuse in the broader conceptual framework of unwanted sexual experiences in childhood, this study explores a continuum of intrusive behaviours as reported in questionnaire data gathered from 345 first and second year Australian university students. The data provide evidence which is supportive of other findings on the nature and extent of child sexual abuse for females and males, including age of occurrence, identity of perpetrators, most commonly occurring behaviours, and gender differences in disclosure and prevalence.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , 1996 , pp. 5 - 11
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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