The involvement in sexual coercive behaviors of Spanish college men: prevalence and risk factors.
This study aimed to know the prevalence of sexual coercion toward women perpetrated by acquaintance Spanish college men, and some personal factors associated with the involvement in these behaviors to replicate the confluence model. An anonymous questionnaire was completed by 196 university students that included an adaptation of the Sexual Experiences Survey, and other scales to assess different attitudes, motives, and experiences associated with sexual aggression. About 15% of men admitted some involvement in sexual behaviors when the woman did not want it. The control and dominance needs, the personal disposition to impersonal sex, and empathy competency showed the strongest association with the involvement in coercive sexual behaviors. Empathy moderated the effects of control and domination needs and the impersonal sex in predicting sexual coercion. Overall, our data supports the confluence model.
Martín
Antonio Fuertes
AF
Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. afuertes@usal.es
Vergeles
Maribel Ramos
MR
Acevedo
Victoria de la Orden
Vde L
Sánchez
Amaia del Campo
Adel C
Visa
Susana Lázaro
SL
D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D003068:Coercion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires