@article{ref1,
title="Sexual Consent in Heterosexual Relationships: Development of a New Measure",
journal="Sex roles",
year="2007",
author="Humphreys, Terry and Herold, Ed",
volume="57",
number="3-4",
pages="305-315",
abstract="The extensive research on date rape attitudes and experiences has left sexual consent itself largely unexamined. The objective of this study was to develop a measure to assess women’s and men’s attitudes and behaviors regarding sexual consent. Using both focus groups (N = 18) and a mail survey (N = 514) of undergraduate students at a Canadian university, two scales of sexual consent were developed: (1) a Sexual Consent Attitudes Scale, and (2) a Sexual Consent Behaviors Scale. Preliminary psychometric evidence suggested good reliability and validity. As hypothesized, women, more than men, preferred a more cautious approach to sexual consent by stressing the need to obtain consent more explicitly. Multiple regression analyses supported a reciprocal relationship between sexual consent attitudes and sexual consent behaviors.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0360-0025",
doi="10.1007/s11199-007-9264-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-007-9264-7"
}