@article{ref1,
title="Beliefs about consent and sexual assault perpetration in a longitudinal study of college men",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="2019",
author="Zinzow, Heidi M. and Thompson, Martie",
volume="34",
number="3",
pages="548-565",
abstract="This study examined the mediating role of beliefs about both active and passive consent in the prospective associations between sexual assault (SA) risk factors and coercive, incapacitated, and forcible attempted/completed SA among college men. Participants were 471 college men who completed self-report surveys at the end of each of their 4 years of college. SA risk factors (risky behavior, rape-supportive beliefs and peer norms, personality traits, childhood adversity) were assessed at Wave 1, beliefs about consent were assessed at Wave 2, and perpetration was assessed at Waves 3 and 4. Multivariate regression models with bias-corrected bootstrapping assessed longitudinal mediation. SA risk factors were negatively associated with endorsement of active consent (verbal approval required) and positively associated with passive consent (assume &quot;yes&quot; until you hear a &quot;no&quot;), with strongest effects observed for coercive SA. Both types of beliefs about consent served as mediators between risk factors and perpetration. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that prevention programs should include a focus on reducing SA risk factors, clarifying definitions of consent, and improving sexual communication.<br><br>© Copyright 2019 Springer Publishing Company, LLC.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-18-00014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-18-00014"
}