Citation

Young BR, Desmarais SL, Baldwin JA, Chandler R. Violence Against Women 2017; 23(7): 795-812.

Affiliation

Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801216651339

PMID

27247201

Abstract

Prior research shows that male intercollegiate athletes are at risk for perpetrating sexual violence. Whether this risk extends to male recreational athletes has not been explored. This study assessed associations between attitudes toward women, rape myth acceptance, and prevalence of sexual coercion among 379 male, undergraduate recreational and intercollegiate athletes and non-athletes. Our analyses showed significant differences between the responses of athletes and non-athletes for all dependent variables, and intercollegiate and recreational athletes on attitudes toward women and the prevalence of sexual coercion. Controlling for rape myth acceptance and traditional gender role attitudes eliminated differences between athletes and non-athletes in prevalence of sexual coercion.

© The Author(s) 2016.

Language: en