Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, 204 Austin Peay Building, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2023 Aug;52(6):2577-2588. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02580-z. Epub 2023 Mar 22.
Sexual violence remains a prevalent issue on college campuses. Sexual coercion, a form of sexual violence, is frequently employed within casual sexual encounters (i.e., hookups). The present study investigated hypersexuality and sexual narcissism as unique predictors of sexual coercion and examined whether there were gender differences in these associations. Participants (N = 793, ages 18-25) were undergraduate students at a large southeastern university who have: (1) engaged in sexual activity within the past six months and (2) had at least one prior hookup experience. Respondents completed surveys online assessing levels of sexual narcissism, hypersexuality, and sexual coercion perpetration in hookups. Participants primarily identified as female (71.7%), White (84.2%), and heterosexual (86.6%), with an average of 9.77 sexual engagements per month. Bivariate correlations and independent samples t-tests were conducted to examine associations between and gender differences across study variables, respectively. We assessed the factor structure of study variables using confirmatory factor analysis and tested hypotheses using structural equation modeling. Compared to women, men scored higher on sexual exploitation and all hypersexuality subscales. After establishing good-fitting measurement models, we found that both sexual narcissism and hypersexuality predicted increased sexual coercion perpetration and that gender did not moderate these associations. Study findings demonstrated that sexual narcissism and hypersexuality are risk factors for sexual coercion perpetration in hookups across gender. Although associations were consistent across gender, men may report higher levels of sexual coercion perpetration risk factors. Future researchers could focus on gender differences in the etiology of sexual coercion risk factors.
性暴力仍然是大学校园里普遍存在的问题。性胁迫是性暴力的一种形式，经常发生在随意的性接触（即 hookup）中。本研究调查了性欲亢进和性自恋作为性胁迫的独特预测因素，并探讨了这些关联是否存在性别差异。参与者（N=793，年龄 18-25 岁）为一所大型东南大学的本科生，他们：（1）在过去六个月内有过性行为，（2）至少有过一次 hookup 经历。受访者在线完成了调查，评估了 hookup 中性胁迫行为、性欲亢进和性自恋的程度。参与者主要为女性（71.7%）、白人（84.2%）和异性恋者（86.6%），平均每月有 9.77 次性行为。进行了双变量相关分析和独立样本 t 检验，分别检验研究变量之间的关联和性别差异。我们使用验证性因素分析评估了研究变量的因子结构，并使用结构方程模型检验了假设。与女性相比，男性在性剥削和所有性欲亢进子量表上的得分更高。在建立了良好拟合的测量模型之后，我们发现性自恋和性欲亢进都预测了性胁迫行为的增加，而性别并没有调节这些关联。研究结果表明，性自恋和性欲亢进是 hookup 中性胁迫行为的风险因素，无论性别如何。尽管关联在性别之间是一致的，但男性可能会报告更高水平的性胁迫行为风险因素。未来的研究人员可以关注性胁迫风险因素的性别差异。
