Initiation, desistance, and persistence of men's sexual coercion.
Patterns of sexually coercive behavior were examined among 266 Asian American and 299 European American men over 1 year. Noncoercer (n = 358), desister (n = 120), initiator (n = 39), and persistent (n = 48) sexually coercive groups were identified. The strongest predictor of sexual coercion was past sexual coercion. Persistent sexual coercers were higher than the other groups in delinquency and hostile masculinity and were nearly twice as likely to engage in laboratory sexual harassment. Loss of face attenuated self-reported sexual coercion and laboratory sexual harassment risk among Asian Americans and attenuated only laboratory sexual harassment risk among European Americans. These findings suggest that the heterogeneity of sexually coercive behavior and ethnicity are important research and clinical considerations.
Hall
Gordon C Nagayama
GCN
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon.
DeGarmo
David S
DS
Oregon Social Learning Center.
Eap
Sopagna
S
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon.
Teten
Andra L
AL
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon.
Sue
Stanley
S
Department of Psychology, University of California.
D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D003068:Coercion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012919:Social Behavior