NCJ Number
106805
Journal
Violence and Victims Volume: 1 Issue: 4 Dated: (Winter 1986) Pages: 255-278
Date Published
1986
Length
24 pages
Annotation
The sexual coercion literature has suggested numerous factors related to aggressive sexual behavior. The present investigation explores a number of these factors in a community sample.
Abstract
Data Collected from 189 volunteers from the community included measures of sexual arousal, social perception, personality variables, attitudes toward women, and self-reported likelihood to rape. Multiple-regression analyses were used to determine the relative association of these factors to coercive sexual behavior. The present findings suggested that social perception, Extraversion and Neuroticism from the Eysenck Personality Inventory, sexual arousal, and self-reported likelihood to rape all contributed to the multiple regression. Rape Myth Acceptance, although not contributing significantly to the multiple regression, did show a significant zero-order correlation with coercive sexual behavior. Limitations of the present study and suggestions for future research are discussed. 57 references and 6 tables. (Author abstract modified)