Sexual Assault Research in the Military: Is Oversampling Necessary for Representativeness?
Results demonstrated that female sailors were significantly more likely than male sailors to participate in a study of sexual assault and alcohol use. However, once enrolled in the study, male and female sailors completed the 234-item questionnaire at a similar rate. Study findings highlight the challenges of engaging male service members in sexual assault-related research. Despite the disproportionately high representation of men in the military, sexual assault researchers may need to sample according to the overall distribution of gender in the military or perhaps even oversample men to achieve a representative sample.
Authors
- Travis N. Ray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3703-5691)
- Elaine Jackson
- Zoe Y. Zong
- Kristen H. Walter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2464-2716)
- Lindsay M. Orchowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-3576)
- Amanda K. Gilmore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-9206)
- Erin L. Miggantz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1122-036X)
- Richard Meza-Lopez
- Kelly Cue Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2055-4858)
- Jessica R. Prince (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7852-7177)
- Julia Hollingsworth
Institutions
- Leidos (United States) (US)
- Georgia State University (US)
- Providence College (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Rhode Island Hospital (US)
- Naval Health Research Center (US)
- Arizona State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae098
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.93
Funders
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs