ABSTRACT

This Danish prospective cohort study assessed associations between exposure to any kind of sexual violence (SV), exposure to labelled SV (self-labelled as rape, sexual abuse, or incest), and satisfaction with life (SWL) in young adulthood (approximately 32 years) (N = 688) and at midlife (up-to-20 years later) (n = 230). Data are from the Prenatal Development Project (a subsample of the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort). Nearly 20% of participants reported experiencing some kind of SV before young adulthood. Exposure to any kind of SV before young adulthood was not significantly associated with the initial SWL assessment or with SWL at the up to 20-year follow-up. However, exposure to SV participants labelled as rape, incest, and/or serious sexual abuse was significantly associated with lower SWL during young adulthood but not at the midlife follow-up. These results could indicate that exposure to SV may not severely influence SWL over the long term.

摘要

这项丹麦前瞻性队列研究评估了暴露于任何类型的性暴力 (SV)、暴露于标记的 SV（自我标记为强奸、性虐待或乱伦）与青年期生活满意度 (SWL)（约 32年）（N  = 688）和中年（最多 20 年后）（n = 230）。数据来自产前发展项目（哥本哈根围产期队列的子样本）。将近 20% 的参与者报告说在成年早期经历过某种 SV。在年轻成年之前接触任何类型的 SV 与初始 SWL 评估或长达 20 年的随访中的 SWL 没有显着相关性。然而，暴露于被标记为强奸、乱伦和/或严重性虐待的 SV 参与者与年轻成年期间较低的 SWL 显着相关，但与中年随访时无关。这些结果可能表明暴露于 SV 可能不会长期严重影响 SWL。