Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, Gender, and Psychological Distress Among Northern Irish University Students

Susan Lagdon; Ngozi Anyadike-Danes; Megan Reynolds; William F. Flack, Jr.; Cherie  Armour

Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, Gender, and Psychological Distress Among Northern Irish University Students

Susan Lagdon, Ngozi Anyadike-Danes, Megan Reynolds, William F. Flack, Jr., Cherie Armour

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Abstract

While substantial prevalence rates of intimate partner sexual violence
(IPSV) have been found among university students for decades in North
America, there is a specific gap of published studies on this issue in the
United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. The present analysis used data from a
larger survey study of students in one Northern Irish university. The
analyses reported here was used to examine relationships among IPSV
victims, gender (males and females only), unhealthy alcohol use, and
psychological distress among university students (n = 654) since the age
of 16 and during the previous year. Results of this study are consistent
with previous research indicating that women (n = 248) experience IPSV
more often than men (n = 37) [50% vs. 23%), respectively]).
Nonetheless, IPSV is experienced by both men and women with
statistically significant associations with alcohol use, posttraumatic
stress, depression, and generalised anxiety compared with those who did
not report any IPSV experience.

Original language	English
Journal	Violence and Victims
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 19 Sept 2023

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