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Citation |
Carr JL, VanDeusen KM. J. Fam. Violence 2004; 19(5): 279-289. |
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Affiliation |
University Counseling and Testing Center, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan; School of Social Work, Western Michigan University, Michigan, USA. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2004, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group) |
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Abstract |
Risk factors for college male sexual aggression that were both theoretically and empirically based were tested using multivariate regression analyses. These included substance abuse patterns, pornography consumption, negative gender-based attitudes, and child sexual abuse experiences. Regression analyses indicated that some gender attitudes, pornography use, and alcohol abuse were significant predictors of perpetration of sexual violence. Although a number of men were sexually abused as children, this risk factor did not predict sexual aggression as an adult. Many men reported alcohol-related sexual coercion and held many rape-supportive attitudes and beliefs. These practices by college men contribute to the prorape cultures found on many campuses. Strategies are needed to identify and intervene with high-risk men to prevent sexual victimization of women in college. |