1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The aim of this study was to investigate childhood sexual abuse, previous sexual coercion experiences, and sexual motives of both partners as possible risk factors for current sexual coercion victimization and perpetration [...] This study examined whether power, stress relief,
partner pressure, and imposition motives contributed unique variance to the prediction of sexual coercion beyond that accounted for by past childhood sexual abuse and sexual coercion events.» (p. 533)

Questions/Hypothèses :
«It was hypothesized that childhood sexual abuse and previous experiences of sexual coercion would increase the likelihood of sexual coercion in current relationships. [Also,] it was anticipated that the partner pressure motive would predict sexual coercion victimization,
whereas power and stress relief motives would predict sexual coercion perpetration.» (p. 536)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«Participants were both members of 209 heterosexual couples recruited within a larger study on sexual negotiation. At least one member was a university student, 35 years old or younger.» (p. 536)

Instruments :
Questionnaires

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«Results suggest that, contrary to our hypotheses, childhood sexual abuse was only a significant predictor of female sexual coercion perpetration, whereas previous sexual coercion experiences predicted current sexual coercion for men only. Indeed, current male victimization and perpetration were predicted by similar experiences in previous relationships. Results from this study also suggest that sexual motives are significant predictors of sexual coercion victimization and perpetration for both women and men, and explain a unique portion of the variance over and above childhood sexual abuse and antecedents of sexual coercion factors. Indeed, the power motives were significant predictors of perpetration, and imposition was a significant predictor of sexual coercion victimization for both genders. Partner pressure, however, was only a significant predictor for female sexual coercion victimization, and stress relief was not a significant predictor of sexual coercion perpetration.» (p. 541-542)