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Exploring contextual factors associated with adolescent sexual violence in Tasikmalaya Regency, Indonesia: a qualitative study informing an ecological empowerment framework

  • Fanni Hanifa
  • Nita Arisanti
  • Tetti Solehati
  • Rusnani Ab Latif
  • Deni Kurniadi Sunjaya
  • Meita Dhamayanti
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Abstract

Sexual violence against adolescents is a public-health, human-rights, and child-protection concern. This study explored how adolescents and adult stakeholders perceived contextual factors associated with adolescent sexual violence in Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java, Indonesia, and used the findings to inform a provisional ecological empowerment framework. A constructivist qualitative design was used. Thirteen semi-structured individual interviews and two separate focus group discussions were conducted with 26 participants from student, parent, school, health, education, social-service, and child-protection groups. Thematic analysis using NVivo generated 478 coding references across six interconnected themes: family and parent-adolescent communication; peer influence, dating, and close social relations; education and sexual violence prevention; digital-related sexual violence; individual vulnerability and adolescent development; and socio-cultural and institutional factors. Participants most often described family communication and peer or dating contexts, while also identifying digital exposure, barriers to help-seeking, weak reporting systems, and cultural stigma. The findings support a context-specific framework linking adolescent capacity-building with protective peer systems, family strengthening, school and institutional safeguards, and community and cross-sector collaboration. The framework is empirically informed but requires co-design, validation, and prospective evaluation before its effectiveness can be established.

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@article{hanifa2026exploring,
  title = {{Exploring contextual factors associated with adolescent sexual violence in Tasikmalaya Regency, Indonesia: a qualitative study informing an ecological empowerment framework}},
  author = {Fanni Hanifa and Nita Arisanti and Tetti Solehati and Rusnani Ab Latif and Deni Kurniadi Sunjaya and Meita Dhamayanti},
  journal = {BMC Public Health},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1186/s12889-026-29735-6},
  url = {https://link.springer.com/10.1186/s12889-026-29735-6},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Exploring contextual factors associated with adolescent sexual violence in Tasikmalaya Regency, Indonesia: a qualitative study informing an ecological empowerment framework
AU  - Fanni Hanifa
AU  - Nita Arisanti
AU  - Tetti Solehati
AU  - Rusnani Ab Latif
AU  - Deni Kurniadi Sunjaya
AU  - Meita Dhamayanti
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/08
JO  - BMC Public Health
DO  - 10.1186/s12889-026-29735-6
UR  - https://link.springer.com/10.1186/s12889-026-29735-6
AB  - Sexual violence against adolescents is a public-health, human-rights, and child-protection concern. This study explored how adolescents and adult stakeholders perceived contextual factors associated with adolescent sexual violence in Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java, Indonesia, and used the findings to inform a provisional ecological empowerment framework. A constructivist qualitative design was used. Thirteen semi-structured individual interviews and two separate focus group discussions were conducted with 26 participants from student, parent, school, health, education, social-service, and child-protection groups. Thematic analysis using NVivo generated 478 coding references across six interconnected themes: family and parent-adolescent communication; peer influence, dating, and close social relations; education and sexual violence prevention; digital-related sexual violence; individual vulnerability and adolescent development; and socio-cultural and institutional factors. Participants most often described family communication and peer or dating contexts, while also identifying digital exposure, barriers to help-seeking, weak reporting systems, and cultural stigma. The findings support a context-specific framework linking adolescent capacity-building with protective peer systems, family strengthening, school and institutional safeguards, and community and cross-sector collaboration. The framework is empirically informed but requires co-design, validation, and prospective evaluation before its effectiveness can be established.
SN  - 1471-2458
ER  -