Abstract

HERNANDEZ GONZALEZ, Elena  and  GONZALEZ MENDEZ, Rosaura. Sexual coercion, commitment, and partner violence among college students. Escritos de Psicología [online]. 2009, vol.2, n.3, pp.40-47. ISSN 1989-3809.

This study analyzes the tactics of sexual coercion among university couples, and their association with the type of commitment with the relationship and experienced physical and sexual violence. Participants were 175 college students, 79 women and 96 men. A new sexual coercion scale was developed, based on the DeGue and DiLillo's (2005) proposal. The exploratory factor analyses showed three components: Insistence, Emotional Manipulation, and Blame. Sexual assault was measured with a single item. Commitment and experienced Physical Violence were measured using existing scales. Discriminant analysis confirmed that participants from the victimized group significantly differed from those of the non-victimized group. The variables that significantly contributed to the classification were Negative Commitment and Insistence for the victimized group and Positive Commitment for the non-victimized group. We discuss the implications of the results to prevent partner violence.

Keywords : Sexual coercion; partner violence; commitment.

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