Friends matter: protective and harmful aspects of male friendships associated with past-year sexual aggression in a community sample of young men.
Am J Public Health
; 105(5): 1001-7, 2015 May.
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| ID: mdl-25790425
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We extended past research on sexual violence etiology by examining the impact of perceived pressure to have sex by any means and the types of objectifying and egalitarian language that friends used when discussing women.METHODS:
We examined a community sample of young single men interested in dating women (n = 423) who completed audio computer-assisted self-interviews at baseline (spring/summer 2008) and 1 year later (spring/summer 2009). We used hierarchical logistic regression analyses that controlled for baseline sexual aggression.RESULTS:
Approximately one quarter of participants (n = 108) reported that they made a woman engage in some type of sexual activity during the past year when they knew she was unwilling or unable to consent. Past-year perpetrators perceived more pressure from their friends to have sex by any means, felt less comfortable with their friends making egalitarian statements about women, and used more objectifying statements when describing how their friends talked about women compared with nonperpetrators. Seventy-eight percent of men were correctly classified by these predictors.CONCLUSIONS:
Men's discussions with each other about women could foster an environment that encourages or discourages sexual violence. We discussed future research and prevention implications.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Delitos Sexuais
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Amigos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article