Sexual consent attitudes and behaviour: Associations with sexual health education, sexual consent education, and sexual attitudes

被引:5
作者
MacDougall, Airica [1 ]
Craig, Sarah [1 ]
Goldsmith, Kaitlyn [1 ]
Byers, E. Sandra [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ New Brunswick, Dept Psychol, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
关键词
Parent-child sexual communication; sexual consent; sexual consent education; sexual education; young adults; DARK TRIAD TRAITS; STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS; COLLEGE-STUDENTS; UNIVERSITY-STUDENTS; SELF-EFFICACY; COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; OUTCOMES; ASSAULT; GENDER;
D O I
10.3138/cjhs.2021-0057
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Because many young adults do not consistently give and receive explicit consent in their sexual relationships, it is important to identify factors associated with sexual consent attitudes and behaviour. In this study, we assessed the extent to which sexual health education, sexual consent education, sexual attitudes, and perceptions of social norms were associated with sexual consent attitudes and behaviour. Participants were 196 undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 25 enrolled at an eastern Canadian university. At the bivariate level, we found evidence for the importance of sexual consent education by parents, sexual attitudes, and perceptions of social norms with respect to sexual consent attitudes and behaviour. Multiple regression analyses showed that more positive perceptions of social norms, more liberal sexual attitudes, and more sexual consent education from parents were uniquely associated with lower negative attitudes towards sexual consent and more consistent use of explicit sexual consent. More positive perceptions of social norms and less sexual experience were uniquely associated with more positive sexual consent attitudes. Only perception of social norms was uniquely associated with less use of an indirect behavioural approach to establishing consent. The results are interpreted in terms of their implications for enhancing sexual consent attitudes and behaviour among young people.
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页数:13
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