151471 20251017144619.0 doi 10.3390/ijerph18094610 sideral 126627 ART-2021-126627 eng Castro A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9813-9507 Profiling children sexual abuse in a sample of university students: A study on characteristic of victims, abusers, and abuse episodes 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Because of its prevalence and its potential negative consequences, child sexual abuse (CSA) is a public health problem in every country in the world. Knowledge of the characteristics of abuse episodes (victim, abuser, relationship between them, type of sexual contact, duration, threat and/or use of force) is essential to specify the contents of intervention programs for the detection and reduction of the negative consequences of CSA. Starting with an initial sample of 1605 university students of both sexes (70.9% women, 29.1% men), aged between 18 and 26 years (M = 21.1, SD = 2.2), 90 participants who had suffered an episode of CSA up to age 16 were selected (84.4% women, 15.6% men; Mage = 21.1, SD = 2.2). It was found that: (1) there was a higher prevalence of CSA among women and that the victims’ average age when they suffered abuse was around 11 years; (2) the abusers were mostly male, close to the victims, and with an average of slightly less than 30 years; and (3) there was a significant proportion (25.6%) of CSA cases with penetration and in which force was used or threatened. These results are relevant, as they show that there is still a noteworthy prevalence of CSA cases on university campuses that needs to be addressed. Knowing the characteristics of these episodes is critical to implementing more effective interventions. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/S31-20D info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 4.614 2021 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 45 / 182 = 0.247 2021 Q1 T1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 100 / 279 = 0.358 2021 Q2 T2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 71 / 210 = 0.338 2021 Q2 T2 0.814 2021 Pollution 2021 Q1 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2021 Q1 4.5 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Moreno J.D. Maté B. Ibáñez-Vidal J. Barrada J.R. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6887-6277 4009 740 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicología Social 4009 620 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Metod.Ciencias Comportam. 18, 9 (2021), 4610 [9 pp.] Int. j. environ. res. public health International journal of environmental research and public health 1661-7827 330104 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151471/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2816724 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151471/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:151471 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:20:55 ARTICLE