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Risky sexual behaviour, alcohol use, self-esteem and exposure to sexual and physical violence among Swedish students who intend to spend a semester abroad: a comparative cross-sectional study

SND-ID: 2020-68

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Emil Danehorn - Linnaeus University, Department of Health and Caring Sciences

Description

Aim: The aim was to investigate risky sexual behavior, alcohol use, self-esteem and exposure to sexual and physical violence among students who intended to spend a semester abroad. We also wanted to investigate whether there were any significant differences between students who intended to spend a semester abroad and students who remain on campus, as well as between male and female students.

Method: comparative cross-sectional design using an online survey containing the NorVold Abuse Questionnaire, Knowledge, attitudes and sexual behaviour in young people in Sweden and Rosenberg´s Self-Esteem Scale. A total of 565 participants took part in the survey, of which 114 were prospective exchange students and 451 were campus students.

Results: The prospective exchange students scored higher on self-esteem (30.9) compared to the campus students (29.0) (p=0.007). The prospective exchange students had engaged in sex under the influence of alcohol over the last six months (70,2%) more than the campus students (53.4%) CI: 16.7(6.7;25.7). Male students were overrepresented in their exposure to physical

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Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Linnaeus University

Responsible department/unit

Department of Health and Caring Sciences

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Ethics Review

Linköping - Ref. 2017/504-3.

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Students

Study design

Observational study

Cross-sectional study

Time period(s) investigated

2018 – 2019

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Kronoberg County, Kalmar County

Topic and keywords

Research area

Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

violence, students, risky sexual behaviour, exchange students, self-esteem

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Dataset
Risky sexual behaviour, alcohol use, self-esteem and exposure to sexual and physical violence among Swedish students who intend to spend a semester abroad: a comparative cross-sectional study

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Citation

Emil Danehorn. Linnaeus University (2020). Risky sexual behaviour, alcohol use, self-esteem and exposure to sexual and physical violence among Swedish students who intend to spend a semester abroad: a comparative cross-sectional study. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1. https://doi.org/10.5878/mmzj-dj30

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Emil Danehorn - Linnaeus University, Department of Health and Caring Sciences

Time period(s) investigated

2018 – 2019

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2018-05-29–2019-01-08
  • Source of the data: Events/Interactions

Variables

34

Number of individuals/objects

570

Published: 2020-10-09