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The Prevalence of Coercive Sexual Experience Among Teenage Mothers

HAROLD P. GERSHENSON

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JUDITH S. MUSICK

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HOLLY S. RUCH-ROSS

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VICKI MAGEE

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KATHERINE KAMIYA RUBINO

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DEBORAH ROSENBERG

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This study examined the prevalence of coercive sexual experience in a population of teenage mothers. In total, 61% of the respondents reported such experiences; one-third had experienced unwanted sexual intercourse. The victims generally knew the perpetrators. Nearly 30% had been abused by a family member. Nonfamily perpetrators tended to be boyfriends, dates, and friends of the young mothers. The prevalence rates are roughly equivalent to those reported by Russell and by Wyatt.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 4, No. 2, 204-219 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/088626089004002005
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