Sexual Knowledge and Victimization in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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There is a significant gap in understanding the risk of sexual victimization in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and the variables that contribute to risk. Age appropriate sexual interest, limited sexual knowledge and experiences, and social deficits, may place adults with ASD at increased risk. Ninety-five adults with ASD and 117 adults without ASD completed questionnaires regarding sexual knowledge sources, actual knowledge, perceived knowledge, and sexual victimization. Individuals with ASD obtained less of their sexual knowledge from social sources, more sexual knowledge from non-social sources, had less perceived and actual knowledge, and experienced more sexual victimization than controls. The increased risk of victimization by individuals with ASD was partially mediated by their actual knowledge. The link between knowledge and victimization has important clinical implications for interventions.
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- Authors
- Brown-Lavoie, S. M., Viecili, M. A., & Weiss, J. A.
- Affiliations
- York University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Weiss, J. A.
- ORCID
- Weiss, J. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2014-03-25
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 2185-2196
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- PMC
- PMC4131130
- OpenAlex
- W2162795517
- Cited by
- 308
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 5
- FWCI
- 41.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- YorkSpace (York University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Autism Speaks
- Sinneave Family Foundation
- Health Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, sexual victimization, sexual knowledge, autistic adults, perceived knowledge, actual knowledge, social dysfunction, sexual interest, risk factors, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Child, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Female, Humans, Male, Knowledge, Sexuality, Crime Victims, Young Adult, Bullying
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