TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors Associated With Types of Sexual Assault Victimization and Bystander Behavior Among South Korean University Students
AU - Kim, Dong Ha
AU - Um, Myung Yong
AU - Cho, Hyunkag
AU - Lee, Eui Bhin
AU - Chun, Jong Serl
AU - Chang, Heesuk
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2019 Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - The aim of the current study was to gain understanding about incidences of sexual misconduct and bystander behaviors in South Korean universities. Specifically, risk factors were examined associated with three different types of sexual assault victimization (verbal or visual sexual harassment, physically forced sexual assault, and incapacitated sexual assault) and investigated the factors related to bystander behaviors. Data were collected via an online survey tool called SurveyMonkey in 2016. The total sample of participants comprised 1,944 enrolled undergraduate and graduate students from six universities in Seoul, South Korea. One logistic regression was conducted with a sample who reported sexual assault victimization (n = 1,079) to examine the risk factors associated with the three types of sexual misconduct. The other logistic regression was conducted with the subsample of bystanders (n = 540) to examine the relationships between bystander behavior and risk factors. In the main results, each type of sexual misconduct was associated differentially with age, alcohol blackouts, depression, child abuse and neglect, being an international student, and childhood sexual victimization. Also, persons who were older, self-identified LGBT, and victimized by verbal or visual sexual harassment at university were more likely to intervene when sexual misconduct occurred. These findings have implications for policies and interventions to reduce and prevent sexual misconduct in Korean universities.
AB - The aim of the current study was to gain understanding about incidences of sexual misconduct and bystander behaviors in South Korean universities. Specifically, risk factors were examined associated with three different types of sexual assault victimization (verbal or visual sexual harassment, physically forced sexual assault, and incapacitated sexual assault) and investigated the factors related to bystander behaviors. Data were collected via an online survey tool called SurveyMonkey in 2016. The total sample of participants comprised 1,944 enrolled undergraduate and graduate students from six universities in Seoul, South Korea. One logistic regression was conducted with a sample who reported sexual assault victimization (n = 1,079) to examine the risk factors associated with the three types of sexual misconduct. The other logistic regression was conducted with the subsample of bystanders (n = 540) to examine the relationships between bystander behavior and risk factors. In the main results, each type of sexual misconduct was associated differentially with age, alcohol blackouts, depression, child abuse and neglect, being an international student, and childhood sexual victimization. Also, persons who were older, self-identified LGBT, and victimized by verbal or visual sexual harassment at university were more likely to intervene when sexual misconduct occurred. These findings have implications for policies and interventions to reduce and prevent sexual misconduct in Korean universities.
KW - bystander
KW - incapacitated sexual assault
KW - physically forced sexual assault
KW - South Korean universities
KW - verbal sexual harassment
KW - visual sexual harassment
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U2 - 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-18-00068
DO - 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-18-00068
M3 - Article
C2 - 31836645
AN - SCOPUS:85076494668
SN - 0886-6708
VL - 34
SP - 952
EP - 971
JO - Violence and Victims
JF - Violence and Victims
IS - 6
ER -