University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America.
J Child Sex Abus. 2023 Jul-Dec;32(6):771-789. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2023.2240778. Epub 2023 Aug 2.
Obtaining accurate prevalence rates of sexual violence is made difficult by discrepancies in self-report questionnaires. Thus, the current study sought to explore participants' perceptions of acceptability (i.e., perceived difficulty and preference) as a potential mechanism of discrepancy between different questionnaires. Participants were 673 college students who completed two frequently used sexual victimization questionnaires, the Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Victimization (SES-SFV) and the Post-Refusal Sexual Persistence Scales-Victimization (PRSPS-V). Participants then answered questions about each measure's perceived difficulty and their preference between the two. Participants found the PRSPS-V easier to understand and preferred it 2.5 to 1 over the SES-SFV. Preference was related to reporting; participants who preferred the PRSPS-V reported more instances of sexual victimization on the PRSPS-V by 9.8%. Our results indicate that acceptability impacts reported prevalence rates and is one mechanism of discrepancy between questionnaires. Thus, researchers may wish to consider acceptability when choosing sexual victimization questionnaires.
获得性暴力的准确患病率是困难的，因为自我报告问卷存在差异。因此，本研究旨在探讨参与者对可接受性（即感知难度和偏好）的看法，作为不同问卷之间差异的潜在机制。参与者是 673 名大学生，他们完成了两个常用的性受害问卷，性经历调查-简短形式受害（SES-SFV）和拒绝后性坚持量表-受害（PRSPS-V）。然后，参与者回答了关于每个措施的感知难度和他们在两者之间的偏好的问题。参与者发现 PRSPS-V 更容易理解，并且更喜欢它 2.5 比 SES-SFV。偏好与报告有关；更喜欢 PRSPS-V 的参与者在 PRSPS-V 上报告的性受害事件多了 9.8%。我们的结果表明，可接受性影响报告的流行率，是问卷之间差异的机制之一。因此，研究人员在选择性受害问卷时可能希望考虑可接受性。
