@article{ref1,
title="Intimate partner violence and coerced unprotected sex among young women attending community college",
journal="Archives of sexual behavior",
year="2019",
author="Orchowski, Lindsay M. and Yusufov, Miryam and Oesterle, Daniel and Bogen, Katherine W. and Zlotnick, Caron",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The present study examined the mediating role of sexual assertiveness in the relationship between psychological, physical, and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and unprotected sex as a result of condom use resistance among sexually active young women attending community college. Women reported engagement in unprotected sex as a result of a partner's use of one of 32 forms of condom use resistance (e.g., physical force, deception, or other forms of coercion to avoid using a condom during intercourse). Women ages 18-24 years (N = 212) attending community college were recruited through paper advertisements to complete assessments of social and dating behavior in the campus computer laboratory. Only the women with a history of sexual intercourse (N = 178; 84% of the sample) were included in analyses. More frequent engagement in unprotected sex as a result of a partner's condom use resistance was associated with physical, psychological, and sexual IPV victimization. Sexual assertiveness mediated the relationship between physical IPV victimization and the frequency of unprotected sex as a result of condom use resistance. Efforts to prevent dating violence and enhance the sexual health of community college women may benefit from focusing on targeting sexual assertiveness as a protective factor.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-0002",
doi="10.1007/s10508-019-01537-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-01537-5"
}