Kennedy, Samra & Gorzalka, 2002

Sexual experiences survey: Canadian normative data for varied ethnic groups

Mid-eastern/North African and European descent students reported the highest levels of sexual victimization. Chinese students the lowest.

Two-thirds of European descent students were sexually active whereas only one-third of Asian students were.

Rates of sexual violence differed by ethnicity for women but not for men.

Have you ever been sexually assaulted? (% responding yes)

Samra & Kennedy, 2001

Dating violence as measure by the Conflict Tactics Scale (Straus)

-Negotiation: For males and females, across all the ethnic groups, there were relatively no differences in rates of experiencing or initiating negotiation in discussions/interactions with partners

-East Indian females were most likely to experience psychological aggression, physical assault, and injury

-East Indian males more likely to perpetrate Psychological Aggression (which matches East Indian female data on experiencing Psychological Aggression) and Sexual Coercion (ALTHOUGH THE Ns ARE SMALL)

-Chinese males more likely to perpetrate Physical Assault