Davis Kelly Cue, Gilmore Amanda K, Stappenbeck Cynthia A, Balsan Michael J, George William H, Norris Jeanette
School of Social Work, University of Washington.
Department of Psychology, University of Washington.
Psychol Violence. 2014 Oct;4(4):445-461. doi: 10.1037/a0037494.
Although assessments of sexual assault victimization and perpetration have greatly improved, current scoring methods do not fully utilize the wealth of information they provide. The present studies assessed new methods for scoring sexual assault severity using the Sexual Experiences Survey (SES; Koss et al., 2007).
In two studies of female ( = 436) and male ( = 313) non-problem drinkers who had engaged in unprotected sex within the past year, we compared three severity ranking schemes as well as three scoring methods per severity scheme for a total of nine scoring methods. New severity ranking schemes considered tactic types separately, varied combinations of assault outcomes, and accounted for multiple types and frequencies of assaults. Measures assessing convergent validity were also administered.
Seventy-eight percent ( = 340) of the women reported victimization, and 58% ( = 180) of the men reported perpetration. All severity scoring methods were strongly associated with convergent measures.
Each scoring method is viable; however especially among samples with greater victimization/perpetration rates, there can be advantages to incorporating multiple types and frequencies of assault experiences into SES scores. Recent refinements of the SES necessitate commensurate improvements in its scoring methods in order to significantly advance the field of sexual assault assessment.
尽管对性侵犯受害情况和犯罪情况的评估有了很大改进，但目前的评分方法并未充分利用其提供的丰富信息。本研究使用性经历调查（SES；科斯等人，2007年）评估了对性侵犯严重程度进行评分的新方法。
在两项针对过去一年内有过无保护性行为的女性（n = 436）和男性（n = 313）非问题饮酒者的研究中，我们比较了三种严重程度排名方案以及每种严重程度方案的三种评分方法，总共九种评分方法。新的严重程度排名方案分别考虑了策略类型、不同的攻击结果组合，并考虑了多种攻击类型和频率。还实施了评估收敛效度的测量。
78%（n = 340）的女性报告遭受过性侵犯，58%（n = 180）的男性报告实施过性侵犯。所有严重程度评分方法都与收敛测量密切相关。
每种评分方法都是可行的；然而，特别是在受害率/犯罪率较高的样本中，将多种攻击经历类型和频率纳入SES评分可能有优势。SES最近的改进需要相应地改进其评分方法，以便显著推进性侵犯评估领域。
