Self-efficacy, self-determination and victim blaming as predictors of adolescent sexual victimization

Attitudinal constructs hypothesized to be related to sexual victimization were assessed as part of a baseline survey on adolescent dating violence. Subjects were eighth and ninth graders in 14 schools in a rural school district in North Carolina. A follow-up survey was completed 6 months later. Girls who had not reported forced sexual activity at baseline (N = 732) were assessed to determine whether forced sexual activity during the intervening...