Sexual coercion among young people is a growing and serious problem that carries a number of negative consequences for those who experience it. In the American literature, this term is common and research on the youth population, especially students, has been conducted since the middle of the 20th century, while in Croatia research of this type is extremely rare. Despite the long tradition of research in the United States, the terminology related to the concept of sexual coercion, but also the way of researching the phenomenon itself are not uniform. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to present the characteristics of the phenomenon of sexual coercion through the presentation of relevant knowledge from the literature published from 2010 to 2020. The phenomenon of sexual coercion will be presented through the following elements: definition of the concept of sexual coercion, coercion strategies, prevalence, consequences experienced by the victims, characteristics of coercion with regard to the sex of the perpetrator and methodological approach in researching the phenomenon. In this paper, following the PRISMA model, 11 studies that met the inclusion criteria were analyzed. Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that there is no unified and generally accepted definition of sexual coercion, but there are determinants of the definition (type of contact and strategy by which contact was made) that are similar in most authors. Heterogeneity in the definitions of the phenomenon makes it very difficult to measure the prevalence of either the experience of sexual coercion committed or experienced. Variability in prevalence rates can be easily explained by the conceptual and methodological frameworks of individual research. Prevalence rates of both sexual victimization and sexual violence are lower for those forms of sexual coercion related to sexual intercourse versus sexual contact and for higher level strategies (incapacitation and use of physical force) compared to lower levels (verbal pressures, strategies excitement). The results indicate that after being sexualy coerced, victims experience a range of negative psychological, social and academic consequences that interfere with their daily functioning. The analyzed papers mostly recorded only the sex of the victim, and not the perpetrator, which is why there is a lack of data on the characteristics of coercion with regard to the sex of the perpetrator. The paper describes a methodological approach in researching the phenomenon of sexual coercion. Guidelines for future research are also presented.