1. Introduction
posttraumatic stress disorder
Background: in France, 14.5% of women and 3.9% of men aged 20–69 years have experienced sexual violence. Of these, 40% will go on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder. Sexual violence is therefore a major public health issue. In the present study, we tested a life skills development tool (In France, 14.5% of women and 3.9% of men aged 20–69 years have experienced sexual violence [