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Science: general issues --- Psychology --- gender --- Sex --- roles --- Sexism --- stereotypes --- agency --- communion --- Leadership --- sexual coercion --- Discrimination --- gender --- Sex --- roles --- Sexism --- stereotypes --- agency --- communion --- Leadership --- sexual coercion --- Discrimination

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Contexte. – Si les violences entre partenaires intimes sont aujourd’hui reconnues comme une problématique sociétale et internationale majeure, les violences sexuelles entre partenaires intimes demeurent sous-étudiées, en dépit du vécu, des impacts et des enjeux spécifiques qui en résultent. Cette étude a pour objectif une compréhension approfondie de ces violences. Elle s’inscrit dans un temps de transition du contexte socio-politique et législatif en Belgique, en lien notamment avec l’application d’un nouveau droit pénal sexuel, qui positionne le consentement au centre des violences sexuelles.
Méthodologie. – Pour ce faire, une méthodologie mixte a été utilisée afin d’appréhender le phénomène dans sa complexité. 577 adultes (86.46% de femmes ; M = 24.80 ; ET = 6.87) ont été recrutés au sein de la population générale, à travers une enquête en ligne visant à explorer les liens entre l’attachement, le consentement sexuel, la santé mentale et la victimisation sexuelle. Deux femmes ayant vécu des violences sexuelles dans leur relation, ont ensuite été rencontrées dans le cadre d’entretiens semi-structurés, afin d’approcher le vécu de victimisation, ses dynamiques, impacts et le processus de conscientisation des violences.
Résultats. – Les analyses statistiques ont montré que le manque de contrôle comportemental perçu quant à l’établissement du consentement sexuel, ainsi que l’évitement de l’intimité, prédisaient la victimisation sexuelle dans le couple. Au niveau des impacts, la victimisation sexuelle prédisait une symptomatologie suicidaire. Il est ressorti des analyses qualitatives que les violences sexuelles étaient perçues comme envahissantes et liées à des impacts psychologiques (émotionnels et traumatiques) sexuels et corporels. Les récits sous-tendaient une compréhension de la conscientisation des violences comme un processus progressif et ambivalent, qui convoque des facteurs personnels et subjectifs, mais aussi externes.
Discussion. – Les implications cliniques de ces résultats sont discutées et des politiques publiques de prévention et de sensibilisation sont suggérées. Les recherches futures devraient notamment répliquer ces résultats auprès d’un échantillon plus représentatif et mener des entretiens auprès de victimes dont les trajectoires de violences sont plus diversifiées. Background. – While Intimate Partner Violence is now recognized as a major societal and international issue, Intimate Partner Sexual Violence remains understudied, despite the specific experiences, impacts, and issues that result from it. The present study aims to gain a deeper understanding of this violence. It takes place in a time of transition in the Belgian socio-political and legislative context, particularly in connection with the application of a new sexual criminal law, which places sexual consent at the center of sexual violence.
Methodology. – Mixed methods design was used in order to understand the complexity of the phenomenon. 577 adults (86.46% of women; M = 24.80; SD = 6.87) were recruited from the Belgian general population through an online survey which aimed to explore the links between attachment, sexual consent, mental health and sexual victimization within the relationship. Then, in-depth interviews were conducted with two women who had experienced intimate partner sexual violence, to approach victimization experiences, its dynamics, impacts and the acknowledgment of violence process. 
Results. – The statistical analyses showed that the lack of perceived behavioral control over the establishment of sexual consent, as well as the avoidance of intimacy, predicted the sexual victimization. In terms of impact, sexual victimization predicted suicidal symptomatology in victims. The qualitative analyses revealed that sexual violence was perceived as pervasive and linked to psychological (emotional and traumatic), sexual and bodily impacts. The narratives support an understanding of violence acknowledgment as a progressive and ambivalent process, which involve personal and subjective factors, but also external ones.
Discussion. – Clinical implications of these findings are discussed, and public policies for prevention and awareness are suggested. Future research should replicate these results among a more representative sample and conduct interviews with victims whose trajectories of violence are more diverse.

Violences Sexuelles entre Partenaires intimes --- Coercition Sexuelle --- Violence Sexuelle --- Consentement Sexuel --- Attachement --- Evitement de l'Intimité --- Anxiété --- Dépression --- Suicide --- Conscientisation des Violences --- Intimate Partner Sexual Violence --- Sexual Coercion --- Sexual Violence --- Sexual Consent --- Attachment --- Avoidance of Intimacy --- Anxiety --- Depression --- Suicide --- Aknowledgment of Violence --- Sciences sociales & comportementales, psychologie > Traitement & psychologie clinique