Understanding the Impact of Sexual Youth Intimate Partner Violence: Unmasking the Social Consequences for Young Victims

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Názov: Understanding the Impact of Sexual Youth Intimate Partner Violence: Unmasking the Social Consequences for Young Victims
Autori: Korkmaz, Sibel, 1987, Överlien, Carolina
Zdroj: Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research. 33(2):184-199
Predmety: Agency, body image, sexuality, violence, young people
Popis: This study focuses on sexual youth intimate partner violence (YIPV), what it is like to be young and subjected to such violence and how this experience affects a young person. Drawing upon 27 interviews with victims (ages 17–24) of sexual YIPV, we ask: How does psychological aspects influence how sexual YIPV and control were experienced? How are young victims affected by the violence? From a social perspective, how can we understand the consequences? The results suggest that experiences of sexual YIPV may lead to consequences such as development of a negative body image and difficulties having sex; loss of bodily control; and using sex as a means of self-injury. Our findings also show how sexual YIPV is interconnected with other forms of violence. The findings are valuable to professionals supporting young victims of sexual IPV, as they shed light on how sexual YIPV may affect young victims.
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Prístupová URL adresa: https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-238905
https://doi.org/10.1177/11033088241262869
Databáza: SwePub
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Abstrakt:This study focuses on sexual youth intimate partner violence (YIPV), what it is like to be young and subjected to such violence and how this experience affects a young person. Drawing upon 27 interviews with victims (ages 17–24) of sexual YIPV, we ask: How does psychological aspects influence how sexual YIPV and control were experienced? How are young victims affected by the violence? From a social perspective, how can we understand the consequences? The results suggest that experiences of sexual YIPV may lead to consequences such as development of a negative body image and difficulties having sex; loss of bodily control; and using sex as a means of self-injury. Our findings also show how sexual YIPV is interconnected with other forms of violence. The findings are valuable to professionals supporting young victims of sexual IPV, as they shed light on how sexual YIPV may affect young victims.
ISSN:11033088
17413222
DOI:10.1177/11033088241262869