TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Sexual Consent in Heterosexual Relationships: Development of a New Measure
JO  - Sex roles
A1  - Humphreys, Terry
A1  - Herold, Ed
SP  - 305
EP  - 315
VL  - 57
IS  - 3-4
N2  - 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 /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0360-0025
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-007-9264-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -