title: Investigating the effect of child maltreatment on early adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression: testing a multiple mediator model in a non-incarcerated sample of Danish adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between child maltreatment and severe early adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression, using a multiple mediator model.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study comprised 330 male Grade 9 students with a mean age of 14.9 years (SD=0.5).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Estimates from the mediation model indicated significant indirect effects of child physical abuse on sexual aggression via peer influence and insecure-hostile masculinity. No significant total effect of child sexual abuse and child neglect on sexual aggression was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings of the present study identify risk factors that are potentially changeable and therefore of value in informing the design of prevention programs aiming at early adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression in at-risk youth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Rikke Holm
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Bramsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark ; Public Health and Quality Improvement, Central Region Denmark, Denmark.
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lasgaard
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Mary P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Koss
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Ask
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elklit
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jytte
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Banner
keywords: Sexual aggression; adolescence; child maltreatment; mediator model