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040 _aAFVC
100 _aHales, Samuel T.
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245 _aUnderstanding sexual aggression in UK male university students :
_ban empirical assessment of prevalence and psychological risk factors
_cSamuel T. Hales and Theresa A. Gannon,
260 _bSage,
_c2022
500 _aSexual Abuse, 2022, 34(6): 744-770
520 _aUniversity-based sexual aggression is an international public health issue; however, to date, there have been no formal assessments of the prevalence or psychological indicators associated with the proabuse behaviors of the most common perpetrators at UK universities: heterosexual male students. To facilitate the development of effective primary prevention interventions for domestic students who have sexually harmed, we assess across two empirical studies (Ns = 259 and 295) the psychological risk factors associated with recent sexual aggression amongst two distinct samples of UK male university students. Cumulatively, results highlighted that one in nine participants (11.4%) self-reported recent sexual aggression. These participants could be statistically differentiated from their non-offending peers on various established indicators of general sexual offending, of which logistic regression analyses highlighted atypical sexual fantasies, general aggression, hostility toward women, and rape myth acceptance as being the most reliable predictors. Our data extend the international evidence base by providing the first detailed overview of sexual aggression amongst UK male university students, as well as the psychological risk factors associated with their proabuse behaviors. We discuss the importance of our findings for the development of more effective evidence-based reduction strategies and primary prevention interventions for male students who have sexually harmed. (Authors' abstract). Record #7779
650 _aABUSIVE MEN
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650 _2ATTITUDES
650 _aPERPETRATORS
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650 _aRISK FACTORS
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650 4 _aSEXUAL VIOLENCE
_9531
650 _aTERTIARY STUDENTS
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651 _aINTERNATIONAL
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651 4 _aUNITED KINGDOM
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700 _aGannon, Theresa A.
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773 0 _tSexual Abuse, 2022, 34(6): 744-770
830 _aSEXUAL VIOLENCE
_9531
856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/10790632211051682
_zDOI: /10.1177/10790632211051682 (Open access)
942 _2ddc
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