Citation

Warren P, Swan S, Allen CT. J. Aggression Maltreat. Trauma 2015; 24(8): 897-913.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10926771.2015.1070232

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The comprehension of sexual consent is a crucial factor in healthy sexual relationships. This study examined the connection between the understanding of sexual consent and perpetration of sexual aggression. We surveyed 217 heterosexual male college students (M age = 20.9 years) using measures of sexual aggression, comprehension of sexual consent, rape myth acceptance, conformity to masculine norms, peer support of abuse, and attachment to abusive peers. We tested models examining factors related to comprehension of consent and the extent to which comprehension of consent was related to perpetration of sexual aggression. Rape myth acceptance, peer support of abuse, and conformity to masculine norms were found to predict comprehension of consent, which mediated the relationship between the social and cognitive variables and sexual aggression.

Language: en