Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA.
Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Jul;36(13-14):6647-6669. doi: 10.1177/0886260518821458. Epub 2018 Dec 29.
We investigated the relationships among men's sexual coercion, men's performance of mate retention behaviors, and their partner's relationship satisfaction in Brazil (Study 1) and the United States (Study 2). In addition, we adapted the Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships Scale (SCIRS) to the Brazilian context (Escala de Coerção Sexual em Relacionamentos Amorosos [ECSRA]; Study 1) and investigated the suitability of the adapted version in the American context (Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships Scale-Short Form [SCIRS-SF]; Study 2). Study 1 included 181 Brazilians, aged between 18 and 49 years ( = 23.5; = 5.1), mostly female (60.8%). Study 2 included 508 Americans, aged between 19 and 70 years ( = 34.7; = 9.7), mostly male (52.6%). Participants were in a heterosexual, romantic relationship for at least 3 months. Participants completed the SCIRS, a 34-item measure assessing how often participants experienced each sexually coercive behavior, the MRI-SF, a 38-item measure assessing how often participants performed each mate retention act, and several items regarding relationship satisfaction. The results indicated that American (but not Brazilian) men's sexual coercion is positively correlated with their performance of cost-inflicting and benefit-provisioning mate retention behaviors. Men's sexual coercion did not affect their partner's relationship satisfaction in either the American or Brazilian contexts. The SCIRS-SF (nine items) reliably represents the SCIRS (34 items) in the American context. We recommend the SCIRS-SF for assessing performance frequency of sexual coercion. The SCIRS-SF may be used as a screening tool to identify patterns of sexual coercion in couples from Brazil and the United States. We highlight limitations of the current research and identify directions for future research.
我们在巴西（研究 1）和美国（研究 2）研究了男性性胁迫、男性表现出的伴侣维系行为与伴侣关系满意度之间的关系。此外，我们还改编了亲密关系中的性胁迫量表（Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships Scale，SCIRS），使其适用于巴西情境（Escala de Coerção Sexual em Relacionamentos Amorosos [ECSRA]；研究 1），并考察了改编版在美国情境下的适用性（亲密关系中的性胁迫量表短版，Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships Scale-Short Form [SCIRS-SF]；研究 2）。研究 1 纳入了 181 名 18 至 49 岁的巴西参与者（M = 23.5，SD = 5.1），其中大多数为女性（60.8%）。研究 2 纳入了 508 名 19 至 70 岁的美国参与者（M = 34.7，SD = 9.7），其中大多数为男性（52.6%）。所有参与者都处于至少持续 3 个月的异性恋、浪漫关系中。参与者完成了 SCIRS，这是一个 34 项的量表，用于评估参与者经历每种性胁迫行为的频率；MRI-SF，这是一个 38 项的量表，用于评估参与者实施每种伴侣维系行为的频率；以及一些关于关系满意度的项目。结果表明，美国男性（而非巴西男性）的性胁迫与他们实施代价施加和利益提供型伴侣维系行为呈正相关。在美国和巴西的情境中，男性的性胁迫都不会影响其伴侣的关系满意度。SCIRS-SF（9 项）在美国情境中可靠地代表了 SCIRS（34 项）。我们建议在评估性胁迫的实施频率时使用 SCIRS-SF。SCIRS-SF 可作为一种筛查工具，用于识别巴西和美国夫妇中的性胁迫模式。我们强调了当前研究的局限性，并确定了未来研究的方向。
