title: Adolescents' psychological health and experiences with unwanted sexual behavior at school.
abstract: This paper examines the relationship between experiences with unwanted sexual behavior at school and adolescents' health. Adolescent boys and girls (N = 2,808) participated in a 1998/1999 survey of secondary school students in two regions of The Netherlands. The psychological issues investigated included psychosomatic problems and self-esteem. It was hypothesized that adolescents who have experienced unwanted sexual behavior at school would report more psychosomatic problems and lower self-esteem. Furthermore, it was hypothesized that girls would report lower self-esteem and more psychosomatic problems than would boys. Regression analysis indicated that experiences with unwanted sexual behavior were related to adolescents' psychological health, independently of other variables.
authors.affiliation: m.c.timmerman@ppsw.rug.nl
authors.forename: Greetje
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Timmerman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D012574:Schools; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000523:psychology*