Arnarsson Arsaell Mar, Gisladottir Kristin Heba, Jonsson Stefan Hrafn
Laeknabladid. 2016 Jun;102(6):289-95. doi: 10.17992/lbl.2016.06.87.
Sexual abuse and sexual assaults against children and adolescents is one of the most significant threats to their health. The aim of the current study was to investigate its prevalence and effects on Icelandic teenagers in the 10th grade.
The study is based on data collected for the Icelandic part of the HBSC-project (Health and behaviour of school- aged children). Standardized questionnaires were sent to all students in 10th grade in Iceland of which 3,618 participated. The students experience of sexual abuse or assaults was assessed by asking them how often they had been against their will a) touched in a sexual way, b) made to touch someone else in a sexual way, c) the subject of an attempted rape or d) subjected to rape.
The results showed that 14.6% (527) participants had experienced sexual abuse or assault. Of these, 4.5% (162) had one such experience but 10.1% had either suffered certain type of abuse or assault more than once, or had experienced more than one kind. About 1% of participants (35) said that they had suffered many times from many forms of abuse and assaults. The prevalence of poor mental well-being and risk behaviour was much higher amongst those that had experienced sexual abuse or assault.
Although the results show that the prevalence of sexual abuse and assault against Icelandic adolescents is similar to other Western countries, we find it to be higher than a previous study a decade ago.
Sexual abuse, sexual assault, adolescents. Correspondence: Arsaell Mar Arnarsson, aarnarsson@unak.is.
针对儿童和青少年的性虐待和性侵犯是对他们健康的最重大威胁之一。本研究的目的是调查其在冰岛十年级青少年中的患病率及其影响。
该研究基于为HBSC项目（学龄儿童的健康与行为）冰岛部分收集的数据。向冰岛所有十年级学生发送了标准化问卷，其中3618名学生参与。通过询问学生他们违背意愿的频率来评估他们遭受性虐待或侵犯的经历：a）被以性方式触摸，b）被迫以性方式触摸他人，c）成为强奸未遂的对象，或d）遭受强奸。
结果显示，14.6%（527名）参与者经历过性虐待或侵犯。其中，4.5%（162名）有过一次此类经历，但10.1%曾遭受过某种类型的虐待或侵犯不止一次，或经历过不止一种类型。约1%的参与者（35名）表示他们多次遭受过多种形式的虐待和侵犯。在经历过性虐待或侵犯的人群中，心理健康不佳和危险行为的患病率要高得多。
尽管结果显示冰岛青少年遭受性虐待和侵犯的患病率与其他西方国家相似，但我们发现它高于十年前的一项先前研究。
性虐待，性侵犯，青少年。通信作者：阿尔塞尔·马尔·阿尔纳松，aarnarsson@unak.is
