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Sexual abuse among Mozambican women at risk for HIV/AIDS infection: the temporal stability of self-report
| datacite.subject.sdg | 03:Saúde de Qualidade | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 05:Igualdade de Género | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 16:Paz, Justiça e Instituições Eficazes | |
| dc.contributor.author | Patrão, Ana Luísa | |
| dc.contributor.author | McIntyre, Teresa M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Costa, Eleonora C. V. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maia, Ângela | |
| dc.contributor.author | Matediana, Eduardo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Azevedo, Vanessa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-03T15:49:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-03T15:49:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Many researchers have expressed concern regarding the reliability and validity of retrospective self-reports of sexual abuse. This study aimed to quantify the frequency of self-reported sexual abuse among vulnerable Mozambican women and evaluate the temporal stability of self-report across assessments. Participants (N = 173) were patients at the gynecology outpatient clinic of a public central hospital in Mozambique who were referred for recruitment by gynecologists and completed measures of sexual abuse, assessed using six items from the National Women's Study survey. Women reported a frequency of sexual abuse ranging from 9.2% (third assessment) to 10.4% (initial assessment). Concerning the temporal stability of self-reports, the percentage of agreement was above 90% for all sexual abuse items, and general sexual victimization achieved almost perfect kappa values, κs =.93–1.00. This work has implications for the promotion of sexual health and the prevention of violence. | eng |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/jts.23178 | |
| dc.identifier.eid | 105008184228 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0894-9867 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 40518566 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/53833 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | 001509716700001 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.title | Sexual abuse among Mozambican women at risk for HIV/AIDS infection: the temporal stability of self-report | eng |
| dc.type | research article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.title | Journal of Traumatic Stress | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 |