title: Perpetration of Sexual Coercion and Victim of Sexual Coercion Scales: development and validation.
abstract: The purpose of this research was to create two scales, one to measure the tendency to perpetrate sexual coercion and one the tendency to be a victim of sexual coercion (Study 1), and to provide data validating the scales (Studies 2 and 3). Using the rational method of scale construction, two 13-item scales were constructed: the Perpetrator of Sexual Coercion Scale and the Victim of Sexual Coercion Scale. Construct validity (Study 2) was based on significant correlations with measures of engaging in promiscuous sex and abuse of alcohol. Support was found for the hypothesis (Study 3) that sexual coercion, being a victim of sexual coercion, alcohol abuse, and sexual promiscuity were associated with the pursuit of immediate pleasure through alcohol and sex.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455, USA. EW-Mathes@wiu.edu
authors.forename: Eugene W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Mathes
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCoy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003068:Coercion; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult