NCJ Number
106400
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1987) Pages: 175-193
Date Published
1987
Length
19 pages
Annotation
A probabilistic sample of 449 students from a major university completed the sexual and dating attitudes survey.
Abstract
The responses to the survey questions were compared among the demographic groups of sex, race, age, and religiosity through the use of a test of association and a corresponding test of significance. In addition, two scales were created by examining the attitudinal items through a principal component factor analysis process. The study found that attitudes relating to sex, dating, and date rape are strongly related to gender, with males significantly more likely to hold attitudes condoning aggressive sexual behavior. Implications of these findings were discussed, as were possible solutions to the epidemic level of date rape. (Publisher abstract)