Sexual Coercion and Attraction to Sexual Aggression in a Community Sample of Young Men

Few studies have examined sexually coercive behavior in nonoffending yound adults other than college students. The present investigation examined self-report measures of peer delinquency, sexual promiscuity, hostility toward women, anger, and alcohol consumption on dates as predictors of sexual coer...

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Published in:Journal of interpersonal violence 1997-06, Vol.12 (3), p.392-406
Main Authors: CALHOUN, KAREN S., BERNAT, JEFFREY A., CLUM, GRETCHEN A., FRAME, CYNTHIA L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression
Aggressiveness
Aggressiveness (Psychology)
Alcohol Use
Anger
Attraction
Behavior
Coercion
College Students
Dating (Social)
Delinquency
Drinking
Educational Attainment
Georgia
High School Graduates
Hostility
Longitudinal Studies
Males
Men
Predictors
Promiscuity
Psychology
Rape
Rural areas
Sex crimes
Sexual Abuse
Sexual aggression
Sexual Assault
Sexual attraction
Sexual Behavior
Sexuality
USA
Young men
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Summary:Few studies have examined sexually coercive behavior in nonoffending yound adults other than college students. The present investigation examined self-report measures of peer delinquency, sexual promiscuity, hostility toward women, anger, and alcohol consumption on dates as predictors of sexual coercion and attraction to sexual aggression in a cross section of 65 nonoffending young men from a rural community. Delinquency was the strongest predictor of both coercive sexual behavior and attraction to sexual aggression. Attraction to sexual aggression also was significantly predicted by hostility toward women. Individuals with no histories of committing sexually coercive acts but who were highly attracted to sexual aggression shared profiles similar to sexually coercive men on hostility toward women, delinquency, and alcohol consumption on dates. Sexually noncoercive men low on attraction scored significantly lower than sexually coercive men on hostility toward women and alcohol consumption on dates and reported significantly less delinquent behavior than both other groups.
ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/088626097012003005