title: The Link Between ADHD and the Risk of Sexual Victimization Among College Women: Expanding the Lifestyles/Routine Activities Framework.
abstract: Using data from a nationally representative sample of college women, the current study examines attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a potential risk factor in the prediction of sexual victimization among college women and as an extension of the lifestyles/routine activities framework. The findings indicate that college women with ADHD experienced sexual victimization at significantly higher rates than college women without ADHD. Furthermore, ADHD emerged as a significant predictor of sexual victimization across models. The lifestyles/routine activities theory also received general support, particularly for the concepts of exposure, proximity, and guardianship. This research suggests that other risk factors outside the lifestyles/routine activities framework are important in the prediction of sexual victimization in college women.
authors.affiliation: University of West Florida, Pensacola, USA Jsnyder1@uwf.edu.
authors.forename: Jamie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications*; D019548:Crime Victims; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D011902:Rape; D012307:Risk Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: ADHD; college women; sexual victimization