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The resulting physical, psychological and social consequences, including harassment, sexual assault, non-consensual sex, injury, psychological trauma and suicide attempts, have affected many young people. This study was aimed at exploring the knowledge, perception, experience of sexual entrapment among undergraduate students of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.\n                  <\/ns3:p>\n                  <ns3:p>\n                    <ns3:bold>Methods:<\/ns3:bold>\n                    This multi-stage cross-sectional survey involved 422 participants using semi-structured questionnaire and an in-depth interview guide. Quantitative data were analyzed statistically, while Qualitative data was analyzed thematically.\n                  <\/ns3:p>\n                  <ns3:p>\n                    <ns3:bold>Results:<\/ns3:bold>\n                    Mean age of respondents was 20.5\u00b13.0 years, 52.6% were males, 58.8% and 81% had a good knowledge and perception of sexual entrapment, respectively. Prevalence of sexual entrapment was 18%, affecting more males (55.3%) and first year students (39.5%), 59.2% of the perpetrators are friends of the victim. Students were entrapped on campus through; emotional support (42.1%), money (34.2%), accommodation assistance (7.9%), material things\/gifts (21.1%), assignment assistance (10.5%), help with registration (4.0%), religious activities (6.6%), debt repayment (11.8%) and counseling (9.2%). It resulted to; unwanted sex (34%), rape (4%), pregnancy (1.3%), STDs (4%), Injury (13%), psychological trauma (27.6%), loss of trust (52.6%) and attempted suicide (23.7%) among victims. Effective coping mechanisms were adopted by 55.3% of respondents. There was a significant association between knowledge and perception; knowledge and experience; perception and experience (p&lt;0.05). Findings from the in-depth interview revealed care, tutoring, political positions, and pretense to need help as other tactics.\n                  <\/ns3:p>\n                  <ns3:p>\n                    <ns3:bold>Conclusions:<\/ns3:bold>\n                    Sexual entrapment is common on campus, affecting males and females, knowledge and perception influence experience of sexual entrapment, requiring the need for a holistic approach to reduce its prevalence.\n                  <\/ns3:p>","DOI":"10.12688\/gatesopenres.12954.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,15]],"date-time":"2019-05-15T06:55:09Z","timestamp":1557903309000},"page":"1466","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/gatesopenres.crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Knowledge, perception and experience of sexual entrapment among undergraduate students of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.12688","volume":"3","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0166-9174","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aisha I.","family":"Sule","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2708-4764","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Musibau A.","family":"Titiloye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2173-4682","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oyedunni S.","family":"Arulogun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2560","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref-1","article-title":"UK reports about sexual entrapment by foreign spies","author":"I Allen","year":"2014"},{"key":"ref-2","article-title":"Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation Supplementary guidance to Safeguarding Children: Working Together under the Children Act 2004","year":"2011"},{"key":"ref-3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"491-511","DOI":"10.1177\/1079063214544334","article-title":"Entrapment and Enmeshment Schemes Used by Sex Traffickers","volume":"28","author":"J Reid","year":"2016","journal-title":"Sex Abuse."},{"key":"ref-4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"113-117","DOI":"10.1007\/s10935-014-0338-3","article-title":"An exploratory study of adolescent pimping relationships.","volume":"35","author":"P Anderson","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Prim Prev."},{"key":"ref-5","first-page":"1013-1097","article-title":"Pimps down: A prosecutorial perspective on domestic sex trafficking.","volume":"43","author":"S Parker","year":"2013","journal-title":"University of Memphis Law Review."},{"key":"ref-6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"207-231","DOI":"10.1080\/15564886.2011.557327","article-title":"Exploited vulnerability: Legal and psychological perspectives on child sex trafficking victims.","volume":"6","author":"J Reid","year":"2011","journal-title":"Vict Offender."},{"key":"ref-7","article-title":"Perception of first year students regarding engaging in sexual behaviours at university campus.","author":"N Qinisile","year":"2013","journal-title":"SUN scholar Research Repository."},{"key":"ref-8","article-title":"Impact of sexual harassment on women undergraduate\u201d. 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