Revising the SES: A Collaborative Process to Improve Assessment of Sexual Aggression and Victimization

@article{Koss2007RevisingTS,
  title={Revising the SES: A Collaborative Process to Improve Assessment of Sexual Aggression and Victimization},
  author={Mary P. Koss and Antonia Abbey and Rebecca Campbell and Sarah L. Cook and Jeanette Norris and Maria Testa and Sarah E. Ullman and Carolyn M. West and Jacquelyn W. White},
  journal={Psychology of Women Quarterly},
  year={2007},
  volume={31},
  pages={357 - 370}
}
The Sexual Experiences Survey (SES) assesses victimization and perpetration of unwanted sexual experiences (e.g., Koss, Gidycz, & Wisniewski, 1987). Revised versions of the SES that resulted from the work of the SES Collaboration are now available. This article reviews weaknesses of the SES that were identified, strengths that were preserved, and methodological considerations in the measurement of unwanted sexual experiences that informed the revisions. The primary changes include: more… 
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