03. Measuring sexual violence perpetration and victimisation

Abbey, A., Helmers, B. R., Jilani, Z., McDaniel, M. C., & Benbouriche, M. (2021). Assessment of men’s sexual aggression against women: An experimental comparison of three versions of the sexual experiences survey. Psychology of Violence

Abbey, A., Parkhill, M. R., & Koss, M. P. (2005). The effects of frame of reference on responses to questions about sexual assault victimization and perpetration. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 29(4), 364-373.

Aguilar, J., Mahapatra, N., Busch-Armendariz, N., & Dinitto, D. M. (2016). Exploring the Science of Conducting Surveys for Studying Men’s Sexual Assault Perpetration Behaviors. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 25(1), 88-109.

Anderson, R. E., & Delahanty, D. L. (2019). Discrepant Responding across Measures of College Students’ Sexual Victimization Experiences: Conceptual Replication and Extension. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-12. doi:10.1080/00224499.2019.1669135

Anderson, R. E., Cahill, S. P., & Delahanty, D. L. (2017). Initial Evidence for the Reliability and Validity of the Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Perpetration (Ses-Sfp) in College Men. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 26(6), 626-643.

Anderson, R. E., Garcia, M., & Delahanty, D. L. (2021). Test–retest reliabilities of four tactic-first sexual violence history questionnaires. Psychology of violence.

Anderson, R. E., Goodman, E. L., & Thimm, S. S. (2020). The assessment of forced penetration: A necessary and further step toward understanding men’s sexual victimization and women’s perpetration. Journal of contemporary criminal justice, 36(4), 480-498.

Anyadike-Danes, N., Reynolds, M., Flack Jr, W. F., Armour, C., & Lagdon, S. (2023). Exploring the Validity of a Modified Version of the SES-SFV with Students Attending Northern Irish Universities. The Journal of Sex Research, 60(1), 114-125.

Breitenbecher, Kimberly (2008). The convergent validities of two measures of dating behaviors related to risk for sexual victimisation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23(8), Aug: 1095-1107.

Buday, S. K., & Peterson, Z. D. (2015). Men's and women's interpretation and endorsement of items measuring self-reported heterosexual aggression. The Journal of Sex Research, 52(9), 1042-1053.

Canan, S. N., Jozkowski, K. N., Wiersma-Mosley, J., Blunt-Vinti, H., & Bradley, M. (2019). Validation of the Sexual Experience Survey-Short Form Revised Using Lesbian, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Women’s Narratives of Sexual Violence. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1-17. 

Cecil, H. and S. C. Matson (2006). Sexual Victimization Among African American Adolescent Females: Examination of the Reliability and Validity of the Sexual Experiences Survey. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21(1): 89-104.

Cook, S.L, Gidycz, C.A, Koss M.P, and Murphy M. (2011). Emerging Issues in the Measurement of Rape Victimization. Violence Against Women, February 17: 201-218, 2011.

Davis, K. C., Gilmore, A. K., Stappenbeck, C. A., Balsan, M. J., George, W. H., & Norris, J. (2014). How to score the Sexual Experiences Survey? A comparison of nine methods. Psychology of Violence, 4(4), 445.

DeKeseredy, W. S., Stoneberg, D. M., Nolan, J., & Lory, G. L. (2021). Improving the Quality of Survey Data on College Campus Woman Abuse: The Contribution of a Supplementary Open-Ended Question. Violence Against Women, 27(12-13), 2477-2490. doi:10.1177/1077801220975496

DiNitto, D. M., N. B. Busch-Armendariz, K. Bender, H. Woo, M. Tackett-Gibson and J. Dyer (2008). Testing telephone and Web surveys for studying men’s sexual assault perpetration behaviors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23(10): 1483(11).

Fisher, B. S. (2009). The Effects of Survey Question Wording on Rape Estimates: Evidence From a Quasi-Experimental Design. Violence Against Women, 15(2): 133-147.

Fisher, B.S., F.T. Cullen, and L.E. Daigle. (2005). The discovery of acquaintance rape: the salience of methodological innovation and rigor. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Apr; 20(4): 493-500.

Glace, A. M., Zatkin, J. G., & Kaufman, K. L. (2021). Moving Toward a New Model of Sexual Consent: The Development of the Process-Based Consent Scale. Violence Against Women, 27(12-13), 2424-2450. doi:10.1177/1077801220952159

Gomes, H. S., Farrington, D. P., Maia, A., & Krohn, M. D. (2019). Measurement bias in self-reports of offending: a systematic review of experiments. Journal of experimental criminology, 15(3), 313-339.

Graaf, H. d., & Haas, S. D. (2018). The Effect of Behavioural Specificity of Survey Items on Survey Respondents’ Disclosure of Sexual Victimisation. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 2(2), 351-371.

Hamby, Sherry L., and Mary P. Koss. (2003). Shades of Gray: A Qualitative Study of Terms Used in the Measurement of Sexual Victimization. Psychology of Women Quarterly, September, Vol. 27 Issue 3.

Harned, M.S. (2005). Understanding Women’s Labeling of Unwanted Sexual Experiences With Dating Partners: A Qualitative Analysis. Violence Against Women, 11(3): 374-413.

Hills, P. J., Pleva, M., Seib, E., & Cole, T. (2021). Understanding How University Students Use Perceptions of Consent, Wantedness, and Pleasure in Labeling Rape. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(1), 247-262. doi:10.1007/s10508-020-01772-1

Humphreys, T. P., & Brousseau, M. M. (2010). The Sexual Consent Scale–Revised: Development, Reliability, and Preliminary Validity. The Journal of Sex Research, 47(5), 420-428. 10.1080/00224490903151358

Jeffrey, N. K., & Senn, C. Y. (2024). Gender differences in sexual violence perpetration behaviors and validity of perpetration reports: a mixed-method study. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-16. 

Jeffrey, N. K., & Senn, C. Y. (2024). Gender Differences in Sexual Violence Victimization Experiences and Validity of Victimization Reports: A Think-Aloud Study. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2397496

Johnson, S. M., Murphy, M. J., & Gidycz, C. A. (2017). Reliability and Validity of the Sexual Experiences Survey–Short Forms Victimization and Perpetration. Violence and Victims, 32(1), 78-92.

Kahn, Arnold S. (2004). What College Women Do And Do Not Experience As Rape. Psychology of Women Quarterly, March, Vol. 28 Issue 1.

Kahn, Arnold S., Jennifer Jackson, Christine Kully, Kelly Badger, and Jessica Halvorsen. (2003). Calling it Rape: Differences in Experiences of Women Who Do or Do Not Label Their Sexual Assault as Rape. Psychology of Women Quarterly, September, Vol. 27 Issue 3.

Kilpatrick, Dean G., and Kenneth J. Ruggiero. (2004). Making Sense of Rape in America: Where do the Numbers Come From and What do they Mean? National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina. 

Kolivas, E. D., & Gross, A. M. (2007). Assessing Sexual Aggression: Addressing the Gap between Rape Victimization and Perpetration Prevalence Rates. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 12(3), 315-328.

Koss, M. P. (1996). The measurement of rape victimization in crime surveys. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 23, 55-69.

Koss, M. P. (2018). Hidden Rape: Sexual Aggression and Victimization in a National Sample of Students in Higher Education Rape and Society (pp. 35-49): Routledge.

Koss, M. P., Abbey, A., Campbell, R., Cook, S., Norris, J., Testa, M., . . . White, J. (2007). Revising the SES: A Collaborative Process to Improve Assessment of Sexual Aggression and Victimization. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31(4), 357-370.

Koss, M.P., and C.A. Gidycz. (1985). Sexual Experiences Survey: Reliability and validity. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55, 162-170.

Koss, M.P., and C.J. Oros. (1982). Sexual Experiences Survey: A research instrument investigating sexual aggression and victimization. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 50, 455-457.

Krahé, B., De Haas, S., Vanwesenbeeck, I., Bianchi, G., Chliaoutakis, J., Fuertes, A., . . . Kouta, C. (2016). Interpreting Survey Questions About Sexual Aggression in Cross-Cultural Research: A Qualitative Study with Young Adults from Nine European Countries. Sexuality & Culture, 20(1), 1-23.

Krebs, C., Lindquist, C. H., Langton, L., Berzofsky, M., Planty, M., Asefnia, N. S., . . . Stroop, J. (2022). The Value and Validity of Self-Reported Survey Data on the Rape Experiences of College Students. Violence Against Women, 28(9), 1911-1924. doi:10.1177/10778012221079372

Krebs, C., Lindquist, C., Planty, M., Langton, L., Berzofsky, M. E., Asefnia, N., . . . Enders, K. (2021). Sensitivity of sexual victimization estimates to definitional and measurement decisions. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(3-4), 1951-1976. 

Littleton, H., Layh, M., Rudolph, K., & Haney, L. (2019). Evaluation of the Sexual Experiences Survey—Revised as a screening measure for sexual assault victimization among college students. Psychology of Violence, 9(5), 555-563. doi:10.1037/vio0000191

Littleton, H., McConnell, A., Messman, T. L., & Layh, M. (2021). Typologies of Rape Victimization Experiences Among Women Attending College: A Latent Class Analysis. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 45(2), 229-242. doi:10.1177/0361684321992038

Marcantonio, T. L., Willis, M., Jozkowski, K. N., Peterson, Z. D., & Humphreys, T. (2019). Assessing college women’s experiences of nonconsensual first-time intercourse. Psychology of Violence.

Martín-Fernández, M., Gracia, E., & Lila, M. (year?). A Short Measure of Acceptability of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Development and Validation of the A-IPVAW-8 Scale. Assessment, 0(0), 10731911211000110. doi:10.1177/10731911211000110

McCauley, H. L., Campbell, R., Buchanan, N. T., & Moylan, C. A. (2019). Advancing theory, methods, and dissemination in sexual violence research to build a more equitable future: An intersectional, community-engaged approach. Violence against women, 25(16), 1906-1931.

Ouimette, P. C., Shaw, J., Drozd, J. F., & Leader, J. (2000). Consistency of reports of rape behaviors among nonincarcerated men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 1(2), 133.

Papp, L. J., & McClelland, S. I. (2020). Too Common to Count? “Mild” Sexual Assault and Aggression among U.S. College Women. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-14. doi:10.1080/00224499.2020.1778620

Peterson, Z. D. (2022). Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Sexual Initiation Strategies Scale (SISS): A New Self-Report Measure of Sexual Aggression Perpetration History. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-23. doi:10.1080/00224499.2022.2130856 

Peterson, Z. D. (2022). Examining the psychometric properties of the Sexual Initiation Strategies Scale (SISS): a new self-report measure of sexual aggression perpetration history. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-23.

Porter, J. F., & Critelli, J. W. (1992). Measurement of sexual aggression in college men: A methodological analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 21, 525-542.

Psychology of Women Quarterly, December 2005, Vol. 29 Issue 4;
The Impact Of Questionnaire Administration Mode On Response Rate And Reporting Of Consensual And Nonconsensual Sexual Behavior / Maria Testa, Jennifer A. Livingston, Carol VanZile-Tamsen;
The Effects Of Frame Of Reference On Responses To Questions About Sexual Assault Victimization And Perpetration / Antonia Abbey, Michele R. Parkhill, Mary P. Koss.

Ross, J. M., Machette, A. T., & Gonzalez, R. (2022). Testing the reliability of sexual aggression self-reports. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 1-15. doi:10.1080/13552600.2022.2100933

Ross, Ronald R., and Elizabeth Rice Allgeier. (1996). Behind the pencil/paper measurement of sexual coercion: Interview-based clarification of men’s interpretations of sexual experiences survey items. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 26(18) .

Rueff, W. T., & Gross, A. M. (2017). Assessing Sexual Coercion: Survey Wording Differences and the Victimization-Perpetration Discrepancy. Journal of family violence, 32(3), 325-331.

Schwartz, Martin D., and Walter S. DeKeseredy. (1994). ‘People Without Data’ attacking rape: The Gilbertizing of Mary Koss. Violence Update, 5(4), pp. 5,8,11.

Strang, E., & Peterson, Z. D. (2016). Use of a Bogus Pipeline to Detect Men’s Underreporting of Sexually Aggressive Behavior. Journal of interpersonal violence, 0886260516681157.

Strang, E., & Peterson, Z. D. (2017). Unintentional Misreporting on Self-Report Measures of Sexually Aggressive Behavior: An Interview Study. The Journal of Sex Research, 54(8), 971-983.

Strang, E., Peterson, Z. D., Hill, Y. N., & Heiman, J. R. (2013). Discrepant Responding across Self-Report Measures of Men’s Coercive and Aggressive Sexual Strategies. Journal of Sex Research, 50(5), 458-469.

Swartout, K. M., Thompson, M. P., Koss, M. P., & Su, N. (2015). What is the best way to analyze less frequent forms of violence? The case of sexual aggression. Psychology of Violence, 5(3), 305-313. doi:10.1037/a0038316

Testa, M., Hoffman, J. H., Lucke, J. F., & Pagnan, C. E. (2015). Measuring Sexual Aggression Perpetration in College Men: A Comparison of Two Measures. Psychology of Violence, 5(3), 285.

Testa, Maria, Carol VanZile-Tamsen, Jennifer A. Livingston, and Mary P. Koss. (2004). Assessing Women’s Experiences of Sexual Aggression Using the Sexual Experiences Survey: Evidence for Validity and Implications for Research. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28(3), 256-265.

Tewksbury, R. (2015). Using Qualitative Methods to Study Sex Crimes. In The Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Criminology. Eds. H. Copes and J.M. Miller (pp. 220-230): Routledge.

Trottier, D., Nolet, K., Benbouriche, M., Bonneville, V., Racine-Latulippe, F., & Bergeron, S. (2021). Sexual Violence Perpetration and Victimization: Providing Prevalence Rates for Understudied Populations. Violence and Gender