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Impaired Sexual Assertiveness and Consensual Sexual Activity as Risk Factors for Sexual Coercion in Heterosexual College Women

Walker, David Pierce

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2006, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
This study investigated the role of sexual assertiveness as a predictor of verbal sexual coercion in a sample of 447 college women using self-report measures. The Sexual Assertiveness Questionnaire for Women (SAQ-W) assessed relational sexual assertiveness and sexual confidence and communication assertiveness. It was hypothesized that more impaired sexual assertiveness in the context of higher rates of sexual activity would be associated with an increased risk for verbal sexual coercion. Impaired sexual assertiveness was associated with multiple forms of sexual victimization, including verbal coercion, and was a predictor of negative sexual identity and non-sexual motivations for sexual activity. In addition, sexual assertiveness moderated the relationship between the number of sexual partners and verbal sexual coercion. Findings suggest that continued research into the construct of sexual assertiveness may inform risk reduction intervention strategies for college women.
Terri Messman-Moore (Advisor)
80 p.

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  • Walker, D. P. (2006). Impaired Sexual Assertiveness and Consensual Sexual Activity as Risk Factors for Sexual Coercion in Heterosexual College Women [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1155324575

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Walker, David. Impaired Sexual Assertiveness and Consensual Sexual Activity as Risk Factors for Sexual Coercion in Heterosexual College Women. 2006. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1155324575.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Walker, David. "Impaired Sexual Assertiveness and Consensual Sexual Activity as Risk Factors for Sexual Coercion in Heterosexual College Women." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1155324575

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)