Bryana H. French|Jasmine Tilghman|Dominique A. Malebranche
Sexual coercion context and psychosocial correlates among diverse males.
sexual coercion pervasive problem rarely examined men study examined sexual coercion psychosocial correlates among 284 diverse adolescent emerging adult males high school college 4 10 participants 43 experienced sexual coercion specifically participants reported verbal coercion 31 n 86 seduction coercion 26 n 73 physical coercion 18 n 52 substance coercion 7 n 19 rates comparable across high school college students racial differences found asian participants reported significantly lower rates sexual coercion black white latino participants ninetyfive percent respondents reported women perpetrators participants also described internal obligation seductive peer pressure tactics descriptions coercion experiences sexual coercion tactic ie verbal substance seduction physical resulting sexual activity ie fondlingattempted intercourse completed intercourse associated psychosocial outcomes specifically sexual coercion resulted sexual intercourse associated greater sexual risktaking alcohol use verbal substance coercion associated psychological distress substance coercion also associated sexual risktaking considerations future research practice implications discussed