Sexual Victimization of Youth With a Physical Disability

Mueller‐Johnson, Katrin; Eisner, Manuel; Obsuth, Ingrid

doi:10.1177/0886260514534529

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“…Accordingly, it was not possible to determine if disability was present at the time the violence was experienced. This approach has also been reported in previous cross‐sectional research 10,16,29,35–37 . Considering that violence in the past 12 months is a relatively rare event, extended time frames are necessary to capture a sufficient number of cases for detailed analysis.…”

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Prevalence and risk of violence against people with and without disabilities: findings from an Australian population‐based study

Krnjacki

Emerson

Llewellyn

et al. 2016

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objectives: There are no population-based estimates of the prevalence of interpersonal violence among people with disabilities in Australia. The project aimed to: 1) estimate the prevalence of violence for men and women according to disability status; 2) compare the risk of violence among women and men with disabilities to their same-sex non-disabled counterparts and; 3) compare the risk of violence between women and men with disabilities. Methods:We analysed the 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics Survey on Personal Safety of more than 17,000 adults and estimated the population-weighted prevalence of violence (physical, sexual and intimate partner violence and stalking/harassment) in the past 12 months and since the age of 15. Population-weighted, age-adjusted, logistic regression was used to estimate the odds of violence by disability status and gender.Results: People with disabilities were significantly more likely to experience all types of violence, both in the past 12 months and since the age of 15. Women with disabilities were more likely to experience sexual and partner violence and men were more likely to experience physical violence. Conclusions:These results underscore the need to understand risk factors for violence, raise awareness about violence and to target policies and services to reduce violence against people with disabilities in Australia.

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Prevalence and risk of violence against people with and without disabilities: findings from an Australian population‐based study

Krnjacki

Emerson

Llewellyn

et al. 2016

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…Generally, these subgroups represent specific demographic strata based on age and gender, that is, young women. This lack of between-group difference seems to be due to high base rates of sexual abuse victimization among young women in the general population (21% coerced sex victimization among young female adults in Haydon et al, 2011; e.g., 21% victimized from contact and 39% from noncontact sexual aggressions among ninth-grade girls without physical disability in Mueller-Johnson et al, 2014). Therefore, both age and gender represent good moderator candidates in the relation between disabilities and odds of sexual violence victimization.…”

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“…It is worth noting that some studies failed to find significantly different rates of sexual violence between subgroups of persons with versus without disability (Haydon et al, 2011;Khalifeh et al, 2013;Mueller-Johnson et al, 2014;Young et al, 1997). Generally, these subgroups represent specific demographic strata based on age and gender, that is, young women.…”

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Sexual Violence Against Persons With Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis

Amborski

Bussières

Vaillancourt‐Morel

et al. 2021

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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A growing number of large-scale studies suggest that people with disabilities are at greater risk of sexual victimization than nondisabled individuals. However, certain results are inconsistent and whether potential moderators explain this variability in previous findings remain to be considered. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the magnitude of the difference in risk of being sexually victimized based on the presence of a disability. An additional objective was to evaluate the relative influence of gender, age, type of disability, type of sexual violence, and relationship with the perpetrator on the association between the presence of a disability and sexual victimization. Studies were searched using pertinent databases and retained if they included a group with a disability, provided data that quantify the occurrence of abuse, indicated the type of sexual violence, and was published between 1970 and 2018 in French or English. A total of 68 studies, allowing 84 independent samples and 12,427 participants, were included. Individuals with disabilities were at significantly higher risk of sexual victimization than persons without disabilities (odds ratio = 2.27). The risk of sexual victimization among individuals with a disability was significantly higher in adult participants compared with the risk in minor participants. Sensory impairment was the type of disability associated with the highest risk of sexual victimization. Odds of sexual victimization among individuals with a disability were significantly higher in African countries compared with all others, and odds in Western Europe were significantly lower than in the United States. No significant differences emerged across eras.

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“…Furthermore, the literature reveals that the most common methods used to study violence directed toward people with disabilities are surveys (e.g., Emerson & Roulstone, 2014;Mitra & Mouradian, 2014), structured questionnaires (e.g., Astbury & Walji, 2014;Hasan, Muhaddes, Camellia, Selim, & Rashid, 2014), retrospective file reviews (e.g., Ballan et al, 2014;Hughes et al, 2012), and secondary analysis of data collected in large-scale projects (e.g., Mikton et al, 2014;Plummer & Findley, 2012). While a number of these studies have included large samples of people with a variety of disabilities, they have frequently excluded participants who are poor, marginalized, uneducated, or those with cognitive-linguistic or psychiatric impairments (e.g., Astbury & Walji, 2014;Mueller-Johnson, Eisner, & Obsuth, 2014), or have relied on proxies to speak on behalf of people with disabilities (Emerson & Roulstone, 2014). Furthermore, data are frequently collected in languages that are not the participants' home languages, and thus, the data collection methods may be considered to be culturally inappropriate or unsafe (Bessareb & Ng'andu, 2010) as they have the potential to diminish, demean, or disempower the individual's cultural identity (Coffin, 2007).…”

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The Interface Between Violence, Disability, and Poverty: Stories From a Developing Country

Neille

Penn

2015

J Interpers Violence

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People with disabilities are vulnerable to multiple forms of violence in their everyday lives, including structural violence, deprivation, and physical, emotional, and sexual exploitation. Despite increasing reports of violence against people with disabilities, little is known about this phenomenon, especially in the context of poverty. Furthermore, the various types of violence have traditionally been studied in isolation, which has led to a limited understanding of the nature and persistence of violence in society, and has affected our understanding of the relationship between different forms of violence. In this article, we explore the relationship between violence, disability, and poverty among people living in a rural area of South Africa. Thirty adults with a variety of disabilities living in 12 rural villages in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa participated in the study. Each of the participants was provided with an opportunity to tell their life story. Narrative inquiry and participant observation were used to explore the ways in which violence pervades the participants' everyday experiences. Results were analyzed using thematic analysis and suggest that in the context of poverty, it is impossible to separate the experience of disability from the experience of violence. Structural violence was shown to underpin all other forms of interpersonal violence, making persons with disabilities vulnerable to additional forms of exploitation, and serve to further isolate people with disabilities from society, compromising both health and human rights. The findings suggest that an understanding of contextual factors is fundamental to understanding the relationship between violence and disability.

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Sexual Victimization of Youth With a Physical Disability

Cited by 34 publications

References 38 publications

Prevalence and risk of violence against people with and without disabilities: findings from an Australian population‐based study

Prevalence and risk of violence against people with and without disabilities: findings from an Australian population‐based study

Sexual Violence Against Persons With Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis

The Interface Between Violence, Disability, and Poverty: Stories From a Developing Country

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